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When outfitting a space with mood lighting or installing pendant clusters, opt for light bulbs with lower lumens to avoid harsh overhead lighting.—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025 Let There Be Light – Students explored the properties of light: how a light bulb contains a rainbow of colors, what happens when a beam of laser light is trapped in water, and more.—Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 3 June 2025 Thomas Edison: Scale Comes From Standardization Thomas Edison is best known for inventing the light bulb, but his biggest achievement may have been something more strategic: creating the first industrial research lab.—Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense invested $4.2 million in Rare Earth Salts, a startup that aims to extract the oxides from domestic recycled products such as fluorescent light bulbs.—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for light bulb
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