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
Examples of stoplight in a Sentence
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Authorities continued searching Monday night for a suspect who shot a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in the back at a stoplight near the 10 Freeway in West Covina.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Waimea is primarily an agricultural town with just three stoplights and around 10,000 residents.
—Dara Kerr, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
Additional features will be added to Rapid 227 next year, including new amenities at some stops, upgrades at the Iris Transit Center and a new stoplight at Coronado Avenue and 30th Street.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
Many of these hot-rodders liked the looks and styling of their hotrods but didn’t like getting beaten from the stoplight by a Camaro, Viper or Mustang.
—David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Video footage of the shooting further showed Baxter stopped at the stoplight when a black Dodge Charger pulled up behind him.
—The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2024
The spiders’ large size, striking color and increasing presence at gas stations, stoplights and other heavily trafficked areas has made the orb-weaving species a spectacle in parts of states such as Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
On the island of Vieques, not a single stoplight stands between leafy, tropical hillsides and some of the best beaches in the Caribbean.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2024
No stoplights, streetlamps or billboards clutter the landscape.
—Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Waimea is primarily an agricultural town with just three stoplights and around 10,000 residents.
—Dara Kerr, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
Additional features will be added to Rapid 227 next year, including new amenities at some stops, upgrades at the Iris Transit Center and a new stoplight at Coronado Avenue and 30th Street.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
Many of these hot-rodders liked the looks and styling of their hotrods but didn’t like getting beaten from the stoplight by a Camaro, Viper or Mustang.
—David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Video footage of the shooting further showed Baxter stopped at the stoplight when a black Dodge Charger pulled up behind him.
—The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2024
The spiders’ large size, striking color and increasing presence at gas stations, stoplights and other heavily trafficked areas has made the orb-weaving species a spectacle in parts of states such as Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
On the island of Vieques, not a single stoplight stands between leafy, tropical hillsides and some of the best beaches in the Caribbean.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2024
No stoplights, streetlamps or billboards clutter the landscape.
—Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Stoplight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoplight. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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stop·light
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