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green

[green] / grin /




ADJECTIVE
referring to practices or policies that do not negatively affect the environment
Synonyms
NOUN
square or park in center of town
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Unless cooked, vegetables such as green peppers, green onions, tomatoes and mushrooms were also off-limits.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

In the space of about 20 minutes, two players added to men's major golf history at Royal Birkdale - but the reactions on the 18th green could not have been more contrasting.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

It is the latest step the commission has taken that moves away from its historic green policies in recent months amid pressure from the bloc’s own industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Are they buying fewer types of green ingredients in particular or just forgoing certain places and brands altogether?

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

Through the glare of the sun he glimpsed a sheet of green river, and an overhanging branch approaching him fast.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Likewise, Mamas’ Pizza and Gelato, in Milltown, Ind., has thrown out all its lettuce and other greens, and it’s only serving spinach cooked.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

I found, unsurprisingly, that the steps people have taken vary quite significantly, but they all have one common denominator: The greens are cooked—in more ways than one.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

While on the job, he whipped together a salad dressing to get the men on his crew to eat their greens.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Brown’s advice is, “don’t stop eating your greens because they help keep us alive.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

But I really longed for a salad and fresh greens.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

We can at least keep air in the realm of absurdity by fighting for a greener future, which we can still see ahead, even through the smoke.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

"For a council that describes itself as a smarter, greener, fairer borough, it's just absurd that we've got something that generates so much CO2," he said.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

"We are looking at environmental disasters like oil spills, and identifying ways to remediate them in faster, greener and more sustainable ways," Oran said.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Buoyed by a surge in hydropower generation and a greener electric grid than neighbouring India and Bangladesh, Nepal has emerged as one of the world's fastest adopters of EVs.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

He, along with the rest of us, watches Flo leave—for greener pastures.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

In 2007, architect Carl Elefante expressed an idea that has since become a common provocation in the world of architecture: The greenest building is one that’s already built.

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

We had flown to Kumasi to visit the Department of Painting and Sculpture at KNUST, an expansive campus in the west of the city and probably the greenest university I have ever seen.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2024

I had grown up in the greenest, most beautiful valley on the island.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

The persistent heat will dry out vegetation and increase the chance of fires in grass-dominated areas that greened up after the plentiful rains this winter.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2026

Trees with access to shallow water tables "greened up" during drought, the researchers found, while trees over deeper water tables experienced more foliage browning and tree death.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2024

Residents began using the newly greened streets as a pedestrian corridor that allowed them to interact more with their neighbors.

From National Geographic Oct. 9, 2023

In a randomized controlled trial, our team found that people living near newly greened spaces reported feeling less depressed than those who did not.

From Washington Post Dec. 9, 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

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

Her priorities have included early education expansion, school greening improvements, literacy through phonics training, protecting immigrant students and focusing more budget resources on the highest-need schools.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Dantzler knew citrus greening as well as anyone.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

However the pumpkins got there, it was an uplifting sight, as was the greening of the mountains and foothills just up the way.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

Outside, where there should have been a long, windowless hall with dark green numbered doors leading into other apartments, there was a greening field and a lowering sky.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen




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