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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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Buoyed by Nvidia’s rosy outlook for semiconductor sales next year, the S&P 500’s information technology sector was the lone industry in the green, notching a 3.4% gain that pushed the broad index up 0.7%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Other major green corridor projects include a 250-mile route between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, and a 740-mile route between Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

BEEF: CONFIRMED, it will finally announce, in reassuring green letters.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

Two young girls climbed out of a helicopter, still in their bright green school uniforms.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

She walks toward the front of the building, where coordinating green picnic tables sit beneath a canopy, with vehicles parked on either side.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Here’s how one of L.A.’s freshest new restaurants makes grains, greens and veggies sing — and how home cooks can replicate its grain bowls and salads.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Instead of cooking the pasta separately, Meghan puts it directly on top of tomatoes with some lemon zest and greens, then pours boiling water over the whole mixture.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Growing venture capital–backed consumer brands, like Blank Street Coffee and dentist office Tend, traded in neons for pastel greens.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

She and Akira picked out five apiece, pale greens and yellows and pinks.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

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

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

A new report from the London People's Assembly on Food, Nature and the Right to Grow outlines 12 demands to make the capital "greener and more edible" by 2035.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

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

From Slate Jun. 27, 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

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

In 2007, architect Carl Elefante expressed an idea that has since become a common provocation in the world of architecture: The greenest building is one that’s already built.

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

The organising committee of Paris 2024 has vowed to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016.

From BBC Jul. 23, 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

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

A 2018 study on cleaning-and-greening vacant lots in neighborhoods with residents living below the poverty line found a 29 percent reduction in gun violence around lots that were greened with trees compared to vacant lots.

From National Geographic Oct. 9, 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

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

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

Dantzler knew citrus greening as well as anyone.

From Slate Apr. 20, 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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