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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
Synonyms


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SpaceX shares are trying to end a wild week of trading in the green.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias, 56, who died of unknown causes last week at an ICE facility in Texas, was arrested because the agency alleged he had fraudulently obtained his green card.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The immense pressure found in subduction zones can transform rocks into a distinctive red and green material known as "eclogite."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Its parts can be found in nearly every aspect of the grid, from wind generators to the green boxes dotting subdivision lawns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He fell asleep watching the silent green boughs of the First Tree, while Wolf sped out of the cave on some mysterious errand of his own.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

Guests worried about greens switched to grains and pitas for a period, Tolivar said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

After the harrow, for the next two days came the Fitzgibbons themselves, all four of them with hoes and bags of seeds, planting lettuce, beans, spinach, potatoes, corn and mustard greens.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

"We need greener, fairer supply chains that take into account workers' issues and wages."

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Some Europeans are moving in search of cooler weather and greener pastures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

"I will continue to vehemently oppose these plans as I seek to build a fairer, safer, greener, more prosperous London for everyone."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

She was greener than a gourd, but she only swallowed hard.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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

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

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

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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

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

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

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

About a decade ago, with greening pushing him toward bankruptcy, Rucks began diversifying: blueberries, bamboo, ornamental plants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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

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

So far, frosted food was brought from Earth in flying icicles; a few community gardens were greening up in hydroponic plants.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury


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