flashlight
noun
flash·light
ˈflash-ˌlīt 
1
: a small battery-operated portable electric light
2
a
: a sudden bright artificial light used in taking photographic pictures
b
: a photograph taken by such a light
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In the video, fans can be seen standing and dancing, waving their phones in the air with the flashlights turned on.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2024
More than 100 people lit candles — also donated — or held up their cellphone flashlights and Jimenez and a handful of others shared their thoughts in the park in the rapidly disappearing twilight.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2024
More than 100 people lit candles — also donated — or held up their cellphone flashlights and Jimenez and a handful of others shared their thoughts in the park in the rapidly disappearing twilight.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
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“Flashlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flashlight. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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flashlight
noun
flash·light
ˈflash-ˌlīt
: a small battery-operated portable electric light
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