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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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Thomson Reuters TRI 3.05%increase; green up pointing triangle logged a drop in earnings in the third quarter after a year-ago boost from an asset sale and as it was squeezed by higher amortization of software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Executives at Edison and PG&E also recently told their investors that without the liability protection they may cut what they are spending on capital improvements, including to connect new housing developments and green energy projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

My stepmother was sitting right there in her favorite green dress, which she wears to almost every family occasion.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

It proposed setting up "red" and "green" zones to clearly defining where trade and investment would be encouraged and the areas which were "off limits".

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

He thought of the golden birch and the scarlet rowan, and the brilliant green oaks.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Bananas, potatoes, beans, leafy greens, and yogurt are examples of foods that can help increase potassium intake.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The greens on Barra were protected from the cows by fences, and you entered the greens through a turnstile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Gone are the vivid blues and warm oranges and greens, crackling against film grain, that did so much heavy lifting for the first film’s leaden plot.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 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

She swam alongside the rope that was anchored to the bottom and into a shipwreck, covered in earthy greens.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

"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

However, he adds, a greener economy can create new jobs with greater productivity.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

"There are so many brilliant things happening in our communities to make them greener, healthier and more resilient," West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker said.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

She is one of a number of Europeans who are moving north in search of cooler weather and greener pastures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Sure, the water crisis is bad, but not every one of these people could possibly believe it’s so bad that they’d need to leave for greener pastures.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

Rather, it reflects a 21st-century understanding of the environmental movement, one that recognizes that an existing neighborhood is the greenest place for housing to be built.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 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

A code, which if cracked, could make the country one of the greenest producers of the metal.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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

And all the snowmelt has brilliantly greened what’s often a dry, brown tinder box by this time of year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

Olsen told Jackson that you can cut off lightly greened patches and toss any potatoes with large green areas, though you may want to be more conservative when serving children.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2022

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

Cotton grew in the field that bounded the railroad tracks and the air was laden with the opulent smells of greening crops and leafy forests.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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