: a visual signal (such as a system of colored lights) for controlling traffic
Examples of traffic light in a Sentence
Take a left at the traffic light.
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On Chinese social media, users complained about how the system failed to recognize traffic lights or change lanes properly.—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Here, traffic optimization isn’t just a single system’s job; fleets of autonomous vehicles, interconnected traffic lights, and predictive analytics engines work as coordinated agents, dynamically rerouting vehicles and minimizing congestion.—Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 All city intersections with traffic lights would have the audible crossing signals by the end of 2040.—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025 That goes double for Pike and Rhys, bathed in the dim glow of the dashboard and GPS, the red of the traffic lights or the amber of the streetlamps.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for traffic light
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