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light on

Idioms  

  1. Also, light upon. Happen upon, come across, discover. For example, John was delighted to light on a new solution to the problem, or We were following the path when suddenly we lit upon a cave. [Second half of 1400s]

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is relatively light on software and tech stocks, fell 153 points, or 0.3%.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

In the meantime, getting producers to switch over to recycled plastic is not as straightforward as switching a light on or off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

That work found that ancient southern Africans carried genetic variation outside the range seen in living people and identified Homo sapiens specific variants that may shed light on adaptation and evolution within Africa.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Freidenberg’s diaries reveal aspects of Soviet life that no one else dared to record, and shed light on the political system that, after Hannah Arendt, we have come to call totalitarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Neel trod carefully and kept the light on the ground around their feet.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

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