stoplight
noun
stop·light
ˈstäp-ˌlīt 
1
: a light on the rear of a motor vehicle that is illuminated when the driver presses the brake pedal
2
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Pay attention Keep your sound system at a reasonable volume when driving in cities and neighborhoods, and don’t space out or check your text messages at every stoplight.
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Josh Max, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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In another angle, the two cars reach a stoplight, where the man is seen firing his gun out of his vehicle before driving off.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Railroad companies whose tracks encircle Brooklyn have, in previous decades, gobbled up swaths of land, displacing residents and shrinking the usable footprint of a village that has about a dozen streets, none with stoplights.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
The neighborhood was pitch black: All the stoplights and streetlights were out.
—Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Josh Max, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Man Accused of Killing Admin Who Kicked Him Out of WhatsApp Group
In another angle, the two cars reach a stoplight, where the man is seen firing his gun out of his vehicle before driving off.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Railroad companies whose tracks encircle Brooklyn have, in previous decades, gobbled up swaths of land, displacing residents and shrinking the usable footprint of a village that has about a dozen streets, none with stoplights.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
The neighborhood was pitch black: All the stoplights and streetlights were out.
—Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Stoplight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoplight. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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stop·light
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