streetlighting love

Definitions

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  • noun Illumination by streetlights.

Etymologies

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street +‎ lighting

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Examples

  • So too, in its own prosaic way, is streetlighting.

    In praise of ... leaving the lights on 2011

  • These are not supposed to replace trees, they are supposed to replace conventional streetlighting with a renewable and environmentally friendly alternative.

    Ross Lovegrove Solar Trees in Vienna | Inhabitat 2007

  • Joe Maurath's gallery of vintage streetlighting, Link

    Archive 2008-02-01 James Gurney 2008

  • Road improvements to Fontaine Ave to include three lanes (center shared turn lane), bike lanes, sidewalk and streetlighting.

    City to Spend $1.5M on Meadowcreek Parkway at cvillenews.com 2005

  • It's also not necessarily true that people in bigger houses produce more rubbish, need more streetlighting etc.

    Yet another stealth tax? 2007

  • The crowd thinned immediately and the streetlighting became less intense.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

  • It was chaotic in the darkness, all streetlighting failed, the rain beginning again.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • Given the attention around the Chinese streetlighting opportunity, I was hoping for you all to help quantify this opportunity, both in regards to roughly how large it is for you today in the December quarter, or how large it was?

    Cree Q2 2011 Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha 2011

  • Kadapa Mayor P. Raveendranatha Reddy assured provision of roads, drinking water supply, drainage and streetlighting on behalf of the Municipal Corporation.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Fly over any UK city and cringe at the sheer quantity of light coming from them - streetlighting is probably most Councils 'biggest annual spend if averaged over the whole UK.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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