bus stop

noun

: one of the places where a bus stops for passengers to get on or off
waiting at the bus stop

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The organizations claim the 13-year-old was detained at a bus stop in Everett. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 Pedro Hernandez was convicted in 2017 of kidnapping and murdering Etan Patz, 6, who was on the way to his bus stop and sentenced to 25 years to life, but last July the sentence was overturned. Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025 Also included in the lawsuit is a 46-year-old vendor of tamales in Los Angeles who was beaten at a bus stop in 2021 and had received a deferred action status. Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025 Sister Jean’s office was outside the shuttle bus stop for students traveling between Loyola’s two campuses. Elise Devlin, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bus stop

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“Bus stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bus%20stop. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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