stop sign

noun

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

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Preliminary information indicated the scooter was being operated in the street, ran a stop sign before the crash, and that neither of the teens wore helmets, police have said. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 4 July 2025 This global desiccation pretty firmly plants a stop sign for all life on Earth. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 July 2025 Adames would’ve run through a stop sign, a brick wall, an alien forcefield and a burning building to account for Devers’ first RBI in a Giants uniform. Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 18 June 2025 From switching lanes in an intersection to parking next to a stop sign, the California Vehicle Code has several rules for drivers to follow. Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 17 June 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 21 Jul. 2025.

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