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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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Shares in Vestas Wind Systems VWS 18.19%increase; green up pointing triangle jumped after the Danish wind-turbine maker posted higher second-quarter earnings and improving profitability, which enabled the company to increase its full-year margin guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

"We all hit good shots but I didn't expect it to go anywhere close to the green and I didn't know it had until we got up there," he said.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Potential applications range from distributed combined heat and power systems in buildings and factories that generate electricity while making use of the high-temperature heat produced during operation to renewable energy-based green hydrogen production.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

The path also could provide recreational benefits to an area that has some of the most limited access to green space in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

There was a pale green credenza with a vase of flowers and an open envelope— with his address clearly marked.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

For golf courses this means the greens and tees can be irrigated but the fairways cannot.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

A single bunch of greens can be folded into beans, piled onto toast or wilted through cheesy rice.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Throughout the day, fans crossed the grounds in bright Latin American soccer jerseys, the eye-catching complementary greens and reds of Mexico and the rich blue of El Salvador dotting the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Cyclospora is a parasite that contaminates leafy greens, berries and herbs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

We put in carrots and collard greens and onions and shell peas.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

Participants who recycled, used reusable cups and containers, took public transportation, ate greener diets, or cycled to work were no less likely to support wider climate policies and collective action.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 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

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

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

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

“There’s a guy in my first period who’s really cute. He has the greenest eyes and he makes everyone laugh all the time.”

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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

Often, that's good news—the events have ended droughts, refilled reservoirs, and greened rolling hills.

From National Geographic Jan. 25, 2024

At Fort Young, restorations have strengthened and greened the property, and eco-certification efforts began in earnest this year.

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 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

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

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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