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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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The guarantees from Nvidia would help the ChatGPT maker lease a 10-gigawatt project that SoftBank’s 9434 2.62%increase; green up pointing triangle energy subsidiary is developing in southern Ohio, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

"A fire is devastating. People who want to come will come anyway. But it’s not the same seeing the green hills as seeing them completely desolate and black."

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

Durham County Council had two green flag awards for Durham crematorium and cemetery as well as Mountsett crematorium.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The finished dish is beautifully green, tender and, yes, gentle on your stomach.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

Glenn handed over a skinny little more-or-less green garter snake, ten or so inches long.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The university hosted tournaments earlier in the week before sending out the email, and no one has had major complaints about how the greens played, employees and golfers say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Jokes aside, Michigan has a mystery on its hands: How did all 18 greens of its beloved track suddenly turn orange?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

I love making a large batch of cooked greens and enjoying it throughout the week.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Pair the greens with your favorite grains, whether that’s brown rice, quinoa or farro, and oven-baked salmon.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

There was so much to do—old Pru and the chickens and sheep to take care of and the spring, planting the corn and greens we needed for the tavern, and the cleaning and the cooking.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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

"The benefits of nature should be for everyone and we are committed to making this the reality as we build a greener, healthier and more resilient London for everyone," he added.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

You know the story: The pool got greener and greener.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

Ancient rivers crossed a greener environment, feeding shallow lakes that grew and shrank over time.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

The friend had since abandoned the parking lot for the hope of greener pastures, leaving Hali’s mom to inherit the spot.

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

He uses this as an example of us "securing a brighter future for both animals, and us, too" in our unique metropolis - the world's greenest major city.

From BBC Dec. 18, 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

Not by butterflies with wings as clear as little cats-eye glasses; not by the longest or shortest or greenest snake in the road.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

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

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

I asked numerous people—farmers and industry leaders and researchers—to estimate how many trees in Florida now have greening.

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

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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