lights
Americanplural noun
plural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of lights
First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English lihte, lightes, noun use of liht light 2; cf. lung
Example Sentences
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"The Northern Lights may be distant from the tropics, but the horizons we seek are increasingly one and the same," Indian lawmaker Shashi Tharoor wrote, in the Indian Express daily.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Appeared in the May 8, 2026, print edition as 'May 8, 1945: London Lights Up With Victory'.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
It's the kind of dilemma that could come up on the award-winning cop drama Blue Lights.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Blue, the rarest of the Northern Lights colours, dance in the sky above a fishing village in Norway in February 2020.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
“Have you a Luminous Stone That Lights the Night?” he said, the eagerness straining through his voice.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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