: a visual signal (such as a system of colored lights) for controlling traffic
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Take a left at the traffic light.
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Michelle Mickey Daly The state patrol said the traffic light then hit the commercial vehicle.—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 The idea of a traffic light or pedestrian crosswalk on Mallard Creek Road was also being discussed with the developer and CDOT.—Desiree Mathurin
april 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026 The city of Gary also received $2 million from NIPSCO for streetlight replacement, which the city plans to use for traffic light repair.—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 Outside, the street was now clogged with driverless cars, their high beams on, in confusion, in paralysis, lacking any traffic lights to tell them what to do.—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for traffic light