How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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He is told to cut the blue wire with a white stripe, not the black wire with a yellow stripe, but the yellow-green chemical light on his diving suit renders them indistinguishable.
Source: Wire Dilemma - He knows it's the red wire, not the blue wire, but in the green monochromatic light of the glowstick, they look the same. Whoops!
Source: No Time To Think -
There's a light salmon wire, and a sort of dark heliconia...
Source: Wire Dilemma
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Wire and Light. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/wire
Light & Wire. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/wire>.
Wire or Light. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/wire.
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