stoplight
Americannoun
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stoplights
plural
noun
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a red light on a traffic signal indicating that vehicles or pedestrians coming towards it should stop
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another word for brake light
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Etymology
Origin of stoplight
Example Sentences
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I’m not advocating for speeding, but you’re not bound by the confines of traffic, where you have a stoplight at every block.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Beckstrom grew up in a tiny community of homes cradled in the Appalachian Mountains on a ridge above a town of roughly 700 people that has the only stoplight in a county of 8,000 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
The shadows of trees in a car’s headlights; a stoplight swaying softly in the wind while it changes color; the sensation that something peculiar will inevitably appear the longer a car stays in motion.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
You never know who is waiting for you at the next stoplight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
When we came to the next stoplight, I said, “Ema?”
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Cops directing traffic can’t tell whether the stoplights are red or green, and neither can the drivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
The bridge has only four lanes and feeds into a congested part of Windsor where stoplights cause frequent bottlenecks of trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
But that still left open the question of car trips within urban areas, which occurred largely on roadways with stoplights and intersections that constrained traffic speeds.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024
They build their golden webs between powerlines, on top of stoplights and even above the pumps at local gas stations -- none of which are particularly peaceful spots.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
We don’t need stoplights, either, but in some places they dangle precariously over the road like they might crash down any minute.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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