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green

[green] / grin /




ADJECTIVE
referring to practices or policies that do not negatively affect the environment
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NOUN
square or park in center of town
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Canada has huge stocks of the critical minerals needed for green technologies such as batteries and wind turbines that Europe currently sources mostly from China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Most ski slopes are coded for difficulty—with the green circle as the easy, the blue square as intermediate and the black diamond as advanced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Under these conditions, fluorescence could create small green and cyan highlights against the salamanders' yellow markings, potentially making them easier for other salamanders to spot.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Soon, I was bicycling to Harris Teeter for cornbread ingredients, where Harry the Happy Dragon — a coin-operated green kiddie ride — stood sentry outside the entrance.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

They were caked with the remains of some kind of hardened green vegetable and dried ketchup.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

Adam Rigg’s cemetery set—trees, graves, a crypt—is enhanced by the purples and greens of lighting co-designers Yi Zhao and Stacey Derosier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Chop herbs, grate cheese, cut citrus wedges and assemble any salads, keeping the greens and dressing separate.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Englishwoman still could not buy a birdie putt on the slow greens but she never gave her opponent a sniff.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Fiel, vice president of brand and creative at the AI-native startup Newton, loves reinventions of utilitarian clothing, favoring functional pieces in deep greens and blacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

He ate dandelion greens, birch bark, pigweed, wild onions, mushrooms, grass seed, watercress.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

"For centuries, Oxford Street has reinvented itself, adapting to changing times and helping shape British culture along the way," he added, saying the move would "revitalise" the road and make the capital "greener".

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

"We need greener, fairer supply chains that take into account workers' issues and wages."

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Our governments should be doing more to protect jobs and ensure that workers can benefit from our transition to a greener future," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

They also say starting production would not protect energy security and that transitioning sooner to greener technologies would be better for supporting jobs.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

He had no idea Blodgett's Crossing had so many trees; it was greener than he would have guessed.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

It ranges from the greenest to the dirtiest, from established technologies to speculative ones, and even includes companies that play tangential roles in the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

"Edinburgh is the UK's greenest city, with almost half of the city being classed as green space and more trees per person than any other city in the UK," he added.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

That means the greenest new building is one that’s in the center of town.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2025

Despite the greenest possible light, at least one of his 93 NBA field-goal attempts have had to cross Knecht’s “crazy or something like that” threshold, right?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024

I gawked about me like the greenest country lad as we were escorted to a massive square hall with a lead roof and high, arched windows.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Secrets of photosynthesis have been discovered at atomic level, shedding important new light on this plant super-power that greened the earth more than a billion years ago.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024

Some research has found that greening projects are contagious: Neighbors of greened lots start taking better care of their own yards.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 14, 2023

At Fort Young, restorations have strengthened and greened the property, and eco-certification efforts began in earnest this year.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021

People around greened lots reported feeling less depressed.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

Week after week, I returned to Iowa, watching through the plane window as the seasons changed, as the earth slowly greened and the soybean and corn crops grew in ruler-straight lines.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Grégoire did not comment, but Béchir Saket Bouderbala, a local assemblyman whose remit includes animal welfare and urban greening, said that city hall supported Paris Dog Week, which was organized by local business owners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Florida’s orange production—more than 90% of which is used for juice—is down 95% since the arrival of the disease, called citrus greening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Similar greening projects are planned or underway at several other schools across Westlake, Koreatown and Pico Union, according to LAUSD.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

So experts said countries across the region should further insulate energy systems against more frequent disruptive weather events by diversifying and greening their grids.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

Every May brings Atomic Bomb Awareness Month to Camillo Junior High, right after the greening grass and the yellowing forsythia.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt


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