Thesaurus results for STREETLIGHT

streetlight

noun

as in lighting

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Recent Examples of streetlight The two fees that passed include an urban forestry fee and streetlight/traffic signal fee, neither were contentious among residents. —

Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026 City officials eventually confirmed to KDKA, as well as WTAE and WPXI that something had struck the bottom of the streetlight, moving the wires in such as way that the pole became energized. —

Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 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 See All Example Sentences for streetlight

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The sleek staging, highlighted by a moving lighting beam that ran the length of the catwalk and three overhead video screens that faced each side of the arena, benefited from frequently frantic lights that added more drama to Welch’s story songs.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Building a scene requires considering lighting, props, time, setting, and equipment, and making these elements work together towards your goal is definitely a challenge.

— Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026