: 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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But City Hall decides whether the pothole gets fixed, the park gets cleaned, the police show up, and the traffic light works.—John Shallman, Daily News, 30 May 2026 The developer later trimmed the number of homes to 99 and agreed that no building permits will be issued until American Homes 4 Rent pays for and installs a traffic light at nearby Faith and Shearer roads.—Joe Marusak
may 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026 Footage shows that the barriers were down and the traffic lights were red.—Adam England, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026 Fans carried brooms through Manhattan streets in anticipation of a Cavaliers sweep, climbed atop traffic lights while NYPD officers ordered them down and unleashed the kind of basketball pandemonium NYC has waited decades to experience again.—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for traffic light