streetlight
noun
street·light
ˈstrēt-ˌlīt 
: a light usually mounted on a pole and constituting one of a series spaced at intervals along a public street or highway
called also streetlamp
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On Tuesday afternoon, CBS13 found city crews hard at work there, covering wires with tarp and pouring concrete to at least a dozen streetlights.
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Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The company’s precursor drilled the nation’s first natural gas well for commercial use in Fredonia, New York in 1825 to power the town’s street lights, only eight years after the nation’s first gas streetlights in Baltimore.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
The two fees that passed include an urban forestry fee and streetlight/traffic signal fee, neither were contentious among residents.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
City officials eventually confirmed to KDKA, as well as WTAE and WPXI that something had struck the bottom of the streetlight, moving the wires in such as way that the pole became energized.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
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Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The company’s precursor drilled the nation’s first natural gas well for commercial use in Fredonia, New York in 1825 to power the town’s street lights, only eight years after the nation’s first gas streetlights in Baltimore.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
The two fees that passed include an urban forestry fee and streetlight/traffic signal fee, neither were contentious among residents.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
City officials eventually confirmed to KDKA, as well as WTAE and WPXI that something had struck the bottom of the streetlight, moving the wires in such as way that the pole became energized.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Streetlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streetlight. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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streetlight
noun
street·light
-ˌlīt
: a light usually on a pole that is one of a series spaced along a public road
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