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pedestrian crossing

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noun

  1. US and Canadian name: crosswalk.  a path across a road marked as a crossing for pedestrians See also zebra crossing pelican crossing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It also should make pedestrian crossing safer and reduce time spent at stoplights.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2025

An EU mission at the Rafah border point between Gaza and Egypt will resume following the ceasefire, with the pedestrian crossing due to reopen on October 14, Italy said Friday.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

Scarcely believing her eyes, she saw a man land on the road beneath the rear axle of a delivery truck stopped in front of her car at a pedestrian crossing.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2024

Officers first responded at 2:48 a.m. after a vehicle drove onto the sidewalk on North Dexter Avenue and struck a pedestrian crossing Harrison Street.

From Seattle Times Apr. 11, 2024

A coachman driving a carriage swears at him; a pedestrian crossing the road and brushing the horse's nose with his shoulder looks at him angrily and shakes the snow off his sleeve.

From The Schoolmistress, and other stories by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

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