stop sign

noun

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

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The 2025 Judicial Council of California’s Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule lists a base fine of $70 for failing to stop at a stop sign. Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025 Prosecutors said Hyden was drunk when his Ford F-150 pickup truck first ran through a stop sign at 39 mph at an intersection in Manhattan's Lower East Side neighborhood on July 4, 2024. Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025 With Kenneth up again, his next challenge was to pick who—between an old woman, a young boy, and a stop sign—gave him his black eye. William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025 The vehicle took the exit at Commercial Street, continuing through a stop sign and reentering northbound I-49, according to the probable cause statement. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 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 21 Nov. 2025.

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