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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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Then it was Suzann Pettersen's gut wrenching and ultimately successful putt on the final green at the Scottish course that decided the outcome.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

And the green is tiny with a deep run-off to the left and water to the right.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Analog Devices ADI 0.02%increase; green up pointing triangle struck a deal to acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 billion in cash, expanding its total addressable market across quickly growing segments such as data-center infrastructure and defense.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

On the ceiling, a base of sage green is adorned with small stars.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

“The barracks are gray, Corrie, but we’ll paint them green! Bright, light green, like springtime.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Nitrate is found naturally in many vegetables, especially beetroot and leafy greens such as spinach, rocket, and lettuce.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Here’s how one of L.A.’s freshest new restaurants makes grains, greens and veggies sing — and how home cooks can replicate its grain bowls and salads.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Instead of cooking the pasta separately, Meghan puts it directly on top of tomatoes with some lemon zest and greens, then pours boiling water over the whole mixture.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Growing venture capital–backed consumer brands, like Blank Street Coffee and dentist office Tend, traded in neons for pastel greens.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

In spite of everything, dinner was festive, with the bass, the fresh-cooked greens, and the salad.

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

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

Until recently, it has been a premium product, a greener alternative to the fish meal that underpins the $300 billion-plus aquaculture industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Participants who recycled, used reusable cups and containers, took public transportation, ate greener diets, or cycled to work were no less likely to support wider climate policies and collective action.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

From building wind turbines to reinforcing power grids for rising demand from electric cars, transitioning from fossil fuels to greener economies will require a massive increase in metal extraction.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Army sergeant serving in South Korea in 1965, when he decided the grass would be greener in North Korea.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

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

It's also the location of what was supposed to become Europe's biggest and greenest electric battery factory, powered by the region's abundance of renewable energy.

From BBC Jan. 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

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

Often, that's good news—the events have ended droughts, refilled reservoirs, and greened rolling hills.

From National Geographic Jan. 25, 2024

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

There was citrus canker, a viral infection that had plagued citrus for years prior to the arrival of greening.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

Dantzler told me that he didn’t see 2005, when greening symptoms first became clear, or 2017, even with Irma, as the turning point.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

I did not return to the merry-go-round until the snow was gone and the grass was greening among the stumps.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli




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