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Examples of traffic light in a Sentence
Take a left at the traffic light.
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The man left the rink before officers responded to the incident, but was pulled over at a traffic light shortly after.
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Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2025
After the traffic light turned green, as Burkhart slowed down to stay next to Langs’ car, two gunshots can be heard on Langs’ dashcam video at about 6:35 p.m., police wrote in the affidavit.
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
But here, there are no interstate highways, few stop signs, and even fewer traffic lights.
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Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
By combining information from telematics, video monitoring and ADAS alerts, predictive analytics can detect trends such as recurring instances of running traffic lights or stop signs, talking on phones while driving or near accidents.
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David Julian, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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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 16 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
traffic light
noun
: a visual signal (as a system of green, yellow, and red lights) for controlling traffic
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