neon

Example Sentences

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The sitcom is played not in italics but in neon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared a state of "national energy emergency", citing risks to domestic supplies, and Sri Lanka ordered street lights, neon signs and billboard lighting to be switched off.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

After knocking out an electron from the neon atom using soft X-rays, they followed how the system evolved for up to a picosecond, which is extremely long on an atomic timescale, before the decay occurred.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

It's in the so-called Golden Square - in the vicinity of the Monte Carlo Casino, the wealthy micro-state's biggest draw, where rows of neon Lamborghinis are parked outside.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Some of the stores were old with graceful eaves and cornices; others had been modernized or sterilized with plate glass windows and neon; still others were new.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy