stop sign

noun

: a sign telling drivers to stop and wait until they can continue safely

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In autonomous vehicles, a single sticker on a stop sign can fool a vision system. Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 And shortly after that, Windom spotted Davis' mother, 41-year-old Mary Lubin, in her car at a stop sign and fatally shot her. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 Since June, vandals have tagged eight locations in the South Side neighborhood — including a mailbox, stop sign, emergency bell and lockers — with stickers or graffiti carrying antisemitic messages, the latest found Monday afternoon in the 1300 block of East 53rd Street, authorities said. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025 Arizona state law mandates drivers can't purposely bypass going through a stop sign or stoplight, according to ARS 28-651. Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stop sign

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“Stop sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20sign. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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