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  • noun Plural form of stoplight.

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Examples

  • We don't speak much Spanish, but the drivers at the stoplights were able to guide us using hand gestures - people in Guadalajara were very patient with us.

    Car Rental GDL 2007

  • Yes, a good example is "stoplights" ... the m o r o n i c Republicans somehow think the Gov shouldn't install them.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • He said if investigators conclude that they can correct the situation with traffic control devices such as stoplights, caution flashers or additional signs, the project will become part of the Spot Safety program.

    Local News from The Dispatch | Lexington, NC 2009

  • Diane Meehan, president and owner of Richard A. Heaps Electrical Contractors Inc., said her Sacramento firm, which installs electrical systems such as stoplights and traffic signals, also has benefitted from the gradually blooming public works spending.

    SacBee -- Latest News 2008

  • I traveled to Shady Grove with one other car on the Intercounty Connector, missing miles of country road and lots of stoplights.

    Metro track work hours add up 2011

  • I traveled to Shady Grove with one other car on the Intercounty Connector, missing miles of country road and lots of stoplights.

    Metro track work hours add up 2011

  • The hardware and software to synchronize stoplights in time to variations in traffic flow are complex, and the systems have to be maintained regularly.

    American Idle: On the Road Joseph B. White 2011

  • He adds, "You'd probably cause six accidents at the first six stoplights."

    Bidding on the Batmobile And Other Classic Rides Stan Sesser 2011

  • Synchronizing stoplights on busy city streets can save millions of gallons of gas and keep traffic flowing.

    American Idle: On the Road Joseph B. White 2011

  • It is of the largest employers in Northumberland, a county that has only two stoplights and no incorporated towns, said Pollard -- a far cry from bustling Northern Virginia.

    Northern Neck delegate seeks revenge on fellow legislator Jennifer Buske 2011

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