Examples of greening in a Sentence
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The weekend is not as warm but still sunny and mild, so get out and enjoy the greening of the land before chillier air arrives early next week.
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David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
Too many houses in rural areas stand empty and deteriorating: windows boarded up, yards littered with junk, brickwork greening with algae.
—Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
City officials recently gave the go-ahead for urban greening projects that will not only increase the amount of green space per capita and individuals' well-being but also lower the city's carbon emissions.
—Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 29 July 2023
Apple’s supply chain efforts, though heroic by comparison, illustrate the limits of how far corporate greening can get you toward carbon neutral—only about three-quarters of the way by the company’s estimation.
—WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
Citrus greening is transmitted by a tiny critter called the Asian citrus psyllid.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
In Florida, which typically produces most of the orange juice consumed in America, Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in the fall of 2022, plus a late freeze later that year, devastated crops already thinned by citrus greening, which cuts off key nutrients to orange trees.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
The investment will scale the Just Green Hub which is piloting urban greening and climate resilience initiatives through its Just Communities program, according the the release.
—Evan Lasseter, ajc, 17 July 2023
In the meantime, some farmers are considering switching to hemp or other crops, and scientists at the University of Florida are working to develop citrus trees that tolerate or resist greening.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 July 2023
David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
Too many houses in rural areas stand empty and deteriorating: windows boarded up, yards littered with junk, brickwork greening with algae.
—Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
City officials recently gave the go-ahead for urban greening projects that will not only increase the amount of green space per capita and individuals' well-being but also lower the city's carbon emissions.
—Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 29 July 2023
Apple’s supply chain efforts, though heroic by comparison, illustrate the limits of how far corporate greening can get you toward carbon neutral—only about three-quarters of the way by the company’s estimation.
—WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
Citrus greening is transmitted by a tiny critter called the Asian citrus psyllid.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
In Florida, which typically produces most of the orange juice consumed in America, Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in the fall of 2022, plus a late freeze later that year, devastated crops already thinned by citrus greening, which cuts off key nutrients to orange trees.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
The investment will scale the Just Green Hub which is piloting urban greening and climate resilience initiatives through its Just Communities program, according the the release.
—Evan Lasseter, ajc, 17 July 2023
In the meantime, some farmers are considering switching to hemp or other crops, and scientists at the University of Florida are working to develop citrus trees that tolerate or resist greening.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 July 2023
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“Greening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greening. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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