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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None of the streetlights were working, and the driverless cars were stalled everywhere.
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Sidewalks and streetlights have safety implications to many more people than bike lanes, the proof being the millions being paid out to people injured by broken sidewalks.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Lit up by streetlight; silver around the forehead.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Those back-in-my-day clichés about growing up in midcentury America — walking a mile to school, working a paper route, playing outside until the streetlights clicked on — paint a fairly accurate picture of a kind of American childhood that’s all but vanished.
—Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Sidewalks and streetlights have safety implications to many more people than bike lanes, the proof being the millions being paid out to people injured by broken sidewalks.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Lit up by streetlight; silver around the forehead.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Those back-in-my-day clichés about growing up in midcentury America — walking a mile to school, working a paper route, playing outside until the streetlights clicked on — paint a fairly accurate picture of a kind of American childhood that’s all but vanished.
—Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Streetlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streetlight. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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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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