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lantern

[lan-tern] / ˈlæn tərn /


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It seems remarkable that, in an era of high-tech production lines, this town has been able to maintain a stranglehold on the lantern market, using production techniques from another era.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Citrus lingers — oranges, grapefruit, tangerines — holding onto the last of their brightness like a lantern carried through fog.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Held mid-December each year, the festival acts as a platform to highlight the region's famed lantern industry, which first started more than 100 years ago.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

At night by lantern light, he read Churchill’s six-volume history of World War II.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Then she handed me a red lantern, the kind that hangs on the back of a train's caboose.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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