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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Many in the community — which didn’t get piped running water until 1980, followed by a sewer system, paved roads and streetlights — believe their basic needs have been neglected.
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Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
What had been a settler tent camp now had 10 prefab houses, with electricity, paved roads and streetlights.
—Ben Hubbard Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 1 June 2024
Holt ran by the faint glimmer of streetlights and the glow from his watch.
—Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
There's the bizarre darkness at ground level and nighttime activities starting in midday, like automatic streetlights turning on.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2024
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Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
What had been a settler tent camp now had 10 prefab houses, with electricity, paved roads and streetlights.
—Ben Hubbard Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 1 June 2024
Holt ran by the faint glimmer of streetlights and the glow from his watch.
—Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
There's the bizarre darkness at ground level and nighttime activities starting in midday, like automatic streetlights turning on.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2024
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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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