northern lights

plural noun

Examples of northern lights in a Sentence

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See the Northern Lights Above the Arctic Circle For many travelers, intrepid or otherwise, seeing the northern lights is a big bucket list adventure. Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 The sun also produces powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections that trigger geomagnetic storms, which lead to northern lights here on Earth. Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 Check out our aurora live updates blog for the latest northern lights forecasts and alerts. Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025 In fact, 2024 saw northern lights chasers be treated to a rare viewing of the natural display in areas of the world where they're normally not seen, such as in Japan. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for northern lights

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of northern lights was in the 14th century

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“Northern lights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northern%20lights. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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plural noun
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