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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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Beijing’s $37 billion subsidy program is steering consumers toward smart gadgets and green technology.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

In the absence of the green chlorophyll, red, yellow and orange pigments protect leaves from sun damage during this delicate recycling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

These can be seen on the tarmac at Kisangani's airport, dressed in green fatigues and carrying out maintenance on military aircraft.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Housing needs to be progressive. People who live in the building have access to green space, allotments."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

We even sold the green marble mantle clock with the twin brass cupids.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The “slop bowl” became internet shorthand for the familiar fast-casual mash-up — grains, greens, globally inspired protein, sauce, perhaps an avocado surcharge — assembled with the logic of a cafeteria line and an over-$10 price.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 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

"I might as well get some ham hocks for the collard greens and a chicken. After all, it is your birthday. Let’s spoil ourselves."

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

No matter how many commitments data-center operators make to safer, quieter, greener innovations, recent history has convinced many communities not to trust any of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But that focus on greener pastures is as persistent as the apparent blood feud between Texas and Tennessee.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

This is in stark contrast to upland Britain - including much of Scotland's highlands and the Welsh mountains - which has remained closer to normal or, in some places, appear slightly greener.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Starting from the sandy southern point, the island grew wider and greener and hillier until it finally jutted up into the rocky cone of the mountain.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

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

A code, which if cracked, could make the country one of the greenest producers of the metal.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

She had the greenest eyes you’ve ever seen.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner

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

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

The other puts a harmless virus into trees to help them resist the citrus greening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Florida’s orange production—more than 90% of which is used for juice—is down 95% since the arrival of the disease, called citrus greening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

That doesn’t mean cities should avoid urban greening projects.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 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

Outside, where there should have been a long, windowless hall with dark green numbered doors leading into other apartments, there was a greening field and a lowering sky.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen


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