light bulb moment
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of light bulb moment
C20: from the cartoon image of a light bulb lighting up above a character's head when he or she has an idea
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From that light bulb moment, Recondition, which Brown said created every piece with accessibility and style in mind, was born.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
She’d often mix her mayo with Marconi hot giardiniera relish to make her own sauce, which sparked the light bulb moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
A light bulb moment for a lot of my actors is, I share Russian singing and music, which reflects the speaking rhythms.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2021
The light bulb moment came when the woman who leads my running group, Helen McCaffrey Birney, told us over Zoom that she just doesn’t always wear clean clothes to run.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2021
FDR's Tennessee Valley Authority program is instructive: You win, make things better for people, and wait for the light bulb moment to arrive.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2021
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