bulb
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The locus coeruleus, found in the brainstem, helps regulate this process through long nerve fibers that extend to the olfactory bulb.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
Blog comment sections were notoriously dynamic, full of debate and discussion and lots of light bulb moments for writers and readers alike.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
"The filters would be very good insulation, and someone had a light bulb moment and probably bought this as scrap off their manager," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
During the Iran hostage crisis, William Daugherty, a newly minted case officer in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, was kept there, in a 4-foot-wide cell lit 24 hours by a dim, dangling bulb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Florence must have hit the light bulb as he went back because there was a pop and darkness as the light of the east went out.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
Vocabulary lists containing bulb
Life Science: Plants
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Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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