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  • noun Plural form of streetlight.

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Examples

  • You wouldn't expect Los Angeles to combine efforts with the city of Oceanside to put in streetlights -- they're two separate demographic and geographic entities.

    Driving at Night 2004

  • The walk back from there is silent, devoid even of newly-written songs in your head, and the way rain-specks waltz down towards you if you look up at the streetlights is a reflection of how God might look if he exists.

    robotsarered Diary Entry robotsarered 2004

  • The streetlights are a blur and i'm loving the car but wondering if it's all surreal.

    motivate-me1 Diary Entry motivate-me1 2003

  • The city will turn off 8,000 to 10,000 streetlights, which is about 30 percent of the streetlights in Colorado Springs.

    KKTV - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • Unfortunately, earthly light sources such as streetlights and candles cause the moths to spiral inward to their deaths.

    David Sloan Wilson: Atheism as a Stealth Religion III: Four Questions and Six Possible Answers 2008

  • Municipal services were continuing as normal with the aid of contract workers, Matolong said, although some smaller services such as streetlights maintenance were slower than usual.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Existing vertical elements in the town right-of-way, such as streetlights and traffic signals, will be used for the antenna installations where possible, according to the statement of direction.

    azcentral.com | news Philip Haldiman 2010

  • Hueso said he'll run on his reputation as a consensus builder and being able to deliver projects - such as streetlights, free clinics and improved parks - to his council district.

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2009

  • HID lamps are used for large area illuminations such as streetlights, parking garages, airports, shopping malls, and convention halls.

    News 2008

  • "streetlights" when the leaves fall off the trees?

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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