bulb
bulbs
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pluralof bulb.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some people trace the stock-market mania story back to the railroad boom in the 1800s, the South Sea Bubble in the 1700s or the Dutch mania for tulip bulbs in the 1600s.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Gallium nitride, for example, is found in much of today's lighting technology, from LED bulbs to laptop displays.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Instead, performance slumped and he retired in February 2000, scribbling a message on his office whiteboard: “Tulip bulbs for sale”—a reminder of 17th-century speculation in the Dutch flower market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
When the birds were ready to roast, Mama packed them close together along with wild onion bulbs and then pressed rich, streambed muck carefully around them.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
