stop sign

noun

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

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Hartman was cited for running a stop sign and allowed to return to duty. Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025 He was allegedly found destroying a stop sign in the parking lot, Wayne Detective Capt. Daniel Daly told the Record. Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025 This included a car running a red light, a scooter running a red light, and a car running a stop sign. ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025 During recoding, a gene sequence normally read as a stop sign is translated into an amino acid which allows the rest of the protein to be built. Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 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 24 Apr. 2025.

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