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  1. light bulb, lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulbnoun

    electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

    Synonyms:
    electric light, light bulb, medulla, electric-light bulb, medulla oblongata, bulb, incandescent lamp

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  1. Donald Trump:

    Ive known Joe over the years. Hes not the brightest lightbulb in the group, but he has a name they know.

  2. Northwesterns Raffaella Margutti:

    A lightbulb was sitting deep inside the ejecta of the explosion, it would have been hard to see this in a normal stellar explosion. But The Cow had very little ejecta mass, which allowed us to view the central engines radiation directly.

  3. John Hawkins:

    It wasn’t a slow deal, when you see one of those develop that fast in heavy timber and already see another dozen fires in California running crazy, it doesn’t take much to light your lightbulb or ring your bell.

  4. Asher Potts:

    My parents and I were at Walmart, and when we were in the check-out line, the lady in front of us couldn't pay for her food and had to put it back, that's when a lightbulb went on and I knew I needed to help the less fortunate.

  5. Asher Potts:

    That's when a lightbulb went on and I knew I needed to help the less fortunate.


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