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bright lights

British  

plural noun

  1. places of entertainment in a city

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Jacob Tremblay’s young Ted sits under bright lights, electrodes on his chest, while Russell Crowe’s Henry Murray takes him apart.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Three rooms were crammed with plants growing behind tarpaulin screens under bright lights.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Because outside, away from the bright lights of the gym, riders wearing balaclavas roar past on quad bikes in the darkness.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

If the data centers have bright lights and emit a lot of noise because of their cooling fans, “it changes the relatively quiet residential environment into something that’s constantly loud,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

I don’t think any kid at my old school—even the troublemakers—would’ve minded a sky-blue-painted school with bright lights and clean hallways.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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