: a warning signal
especially
: a red traffic signal
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Examples of red-light in a Sentence
Noun
the reporter took her glower as a red light and stopped asking questions
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Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 11 July 2024
The Dutch capital has tightened rules on smoking weed, especially in its red-light district, and banned new hotels from being built earlier this year.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 4 July 2024
Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
Stairs up to the stage were lined with red lights and balloons waited in nets to be dropped from the ceiling.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2024
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Adjective
The city is steeped with historical truths, myths, and folklore, and locations like Congo Square, Bourbon Street, the Storyville red-light district, the Garden District and the French Quarter all hold clues to times past.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 11 July 2024
The Dutch capital has tightened rules on smoking weed, especially in its red-light district, and banned new hotels from being built earlier this year.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 4 July 2024
Noun
Bring the power of red light therapy to your beautiful skin with this Red Light Wand that will not only tighten your skin and lift your face but fight against wrinkles too.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
Stairs up to the stage were lined with red lights and balloons waited in nets to be dropped from the ceiling.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2024
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“Red-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-light. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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