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Examples of traffic light in a Sentence
Take a left at the traffic light.
Recent Examples on the Web
The system returns control to the driver when approaching a traffic light.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2024
Both Chapman and Combs took to the stage clad in black, standing in place in front of a backlit wall of spotlights that almost, appropriately, resembled traffic lights.
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Audrey Gibbs, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Image Many roads and streets were impassable and traffic lights were not working across Houston.
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The New York Times, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Authorities employed a similar rationale nearly a decade ago to draw investment and create jobs; when Beijing gave local governments the authority to permit coal plants in 2014, a wave of new constructions ensued until the traffic light system instituted in 2016 slowed the boom.
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Michael R. Davidson, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1912, in the meaning defined above
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“Traffic light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20light. Accessed 21 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
traffic light
noun
: a visual signal (as a system of green, yellow, and red lights) for controlling traffic
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