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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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Disease, disturbance and pollution have meant vast swathes of once vibrant green seabed have been left bare.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Planning rules implemented in London after the fire, however, are so detailed that seven in 10 projects have since failed to get a green light, creating a bottleneck, according to the CPS.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The filling is the same: bright green pistachio butter mixed with tahini paste and toasted kataifi, or thin strands of shredded phyllo dough pastry.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Hong Kong added more than two percent, while Shanghai ended the day's trade in the green.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

“No,” Tansy said, “Alice’s favorite pet is a little green garter snake that lives in her purse.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

There’s a massive plant wall flanking one side of the Main Hall, with about 1,200 pots of living greens.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

I’d also argue that loading up your ramen with as many vegetables as possible, namely leafy greens, is a great way to enjoy your favorite fresh produce, stress-free.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Cases often rise in the summer and, as my colleague Nadira Goffe explains, frequently trace back to leafy greens.

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

Later, while Bertha put turnip greens and cornbread and tuna casserole on the table, she told me we would talk about everything after supper.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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

Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, praised the improvement in greener transport.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

“You get good healthcare, nice leisurely lunches, it’s a different way of life,” he said, “It’s not that the grass is always greener, these are just facts.”

From Barron's 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

As they traveled north, the trees became taller, greener, stronger.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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

Suddenly there was grass under his feet again—the greenest, softest grass that Roy had ever seen.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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

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

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

It wasn’t just greening that had to be worried about.

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

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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