tie-up, building sites may be floodlit for 24-hour construction

Retail sales plummeted almost one-sixth in March from a year earlier. And satellite imagery shows that Chinese industrial areas emitted much less light this spring than they did a year ago — a sign that fewer building sites may be floodlit for 24-hour construction and that fewer factories may be operating around the clock.

Huawei Technologies is working with French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics to design chips as it seeks to shield itself from US export curbs.
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floodlight

noun [ C usually plural ]

UK 

 /ˈflʌd.laɪt/ US 

 /ˈflʌd.laɪt/

 

a large, powerful electric light used for lighting outside areas, such as sports fields or buildings, in the dark:

This evening's match will be played under floodlights.

floodlit

adjective

UK 

 /ˈflʌd.lɪt/ US 

 /ˈflʌd.lɪt/

 

lit by floodlights:

a floodlit stadium