Thesaurus results for STREETLIGHT

streetlight

noun

as in lighting

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Recent Examples of streetlight This happened almost two years to the day after Bob Robinson-Dassel's dog Nikki died from electrocution after walking over a metal plate beneath a streetlight on the Murray Avenue Bridge, also energized by faulty wiring. —

Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026 The most severe of the parade's many catastrophes saw the Cat in the Hat balloon strike a streetlight at 72nd Street and Central Park West, causing a horizontal metal arm to snap off and fall onto the crowd below. —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025 So the streetlight’s gray bells peal in their relentless sooty glow. —

Courtney Kampa, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025 The streetlight was installed in the past several weeks on the northeast corner of La Jolla Shores Drive and Calle Corta, city spokesman Anthony Santacroce said. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for streetlight

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Poor lighting – especially at night – can make the results of colorimetric tests difficult to interpret, Walsh said.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
Stucchi recommends in-paver LEDs, low bollards, or recessed path lighting to give your driveway a welcoming glow.

— Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 5 Apr. 2026