lightings

plural of lighting

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Recent Examples of lightings The first winters after the Accords also brought public menorah lightings for Hanukkah, with Emiratis proudly standing by, and sometimes lighting the candles, with Jewish community leaders. Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightings
Noun
  • The Greek patriarch will light candles and then the flame is passed from one candle to the next.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Three Fall Must-Dos Walk through hundreds of elaborate lanterns and take in live acrobatic shows at the Autumn Glow Festival at South River Vineyard.
    Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026
  • My first stop was Willow House, a café and bakery where washi lanterns cast gentle light onto the natural-wood interiors and jazz seeps from the speakers.
    Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The yacht has gaudy chandeliers, shiny fittings, a glass elevator and more marble and mosaic tiles than most Italian villas.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Protective, almost — which makes sense, as its stunning chandeliers are designed to look like the shields and spears of African Masai warriors.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Brumbelow has found that cars with headlights rated highly by IIHS for visibility—which includes many but not all LED headlights—have 19% fewer nighttime crashes compared to cars with poor headlight visibility.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Gatherings can include community spotlights, guest speakers and discussions of participants’ photographs.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
  • And as a guy in power armor, Iron Man straddles the line of being a mecha, but his Marvel Tokon design spotlights Gundam and Tekkaman influences.
    Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Examples include coastal shell mirrors in a city home, Eiffel Tower lamps, or farmhouse signs.
    Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, LaMarque suggests adding decorative fixtures such as sconces, floor lamps, and table lamps to create atmosphere and intimacy in your living room.
    Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The 1900 building, in the campus’ northwestern corner, is one of its jewels — a vaulted room hung with candelabras lit for the campus opening in gold and blue, the school colors.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Pair them with a candelabra for a table centerpiece, or scatter them around your mantel in taper candle holders.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The 1900 building, in the campus’ northwestern corner, is one of its jewels — a vaulted room hung with candelabras lit for the campus opening in gold and blue, the school colors.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Tall candelabras helped create mood lighting.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Lightings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightings. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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