stop sign

noun

: a sign telling drivers to stop and wait until they can continue safely

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What if someone hits a different object, like a stop sign? Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025 The suit includes Google images showing that there had a been a stop sign there since at least 2007, but that it had been replaced some months before the accident by a much lower temporary stop sign attached to a small road barricade. David Garrick, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025 The sheriff's office said Venegas was a passenger in a yellow Corvette on Sunday when the driver — a 25-year-old woman — failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025 In July 2023, Donald Davis was driving behind another vehicle at a stop sign at the intersection of Midland Boulevard and U.S. 20-26, the news release from the Canyon County prosecutor said. Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stop sign

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“Stop sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20sign. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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