green light
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In the past few months, it has given the green light to commutations of sentences of life without parole so that they “can be eligible for a parole suitability hearing.”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
On Tuesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it had given the green light for equity perpetual futures contracts to begin trading in the U.S. for the first time.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Now that Jackdaw has the green light, it is set to start supplying gas to homes and businesses within weeks, the government said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
"This is called back-energy transfer: it means that the energy that would have been emitted by the erbium ions as green light instead gets bounced back to the ytterbium relay and never reaches the surface."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
A soft green light bobbed deep in the woods.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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