Examples of green light in a Sentence
we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser
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Tuesday's opinion for the US District Court for the District of Columbia followed years of bipartisan litigation driven by regulators' angst over earlier green lights granted to Facebook's 2012 purchase of Instagram for $1 billion and its 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp for $16 billion.
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PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
The Chicago Cubs just got a major green light to help retool their roster this winter as the organization looks to push for a division title next season.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
To clarify, there’s no official green light yet for season three.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
In August, Trump himself effectively gave American law enforcement a green light to use force that may far outpace the severity of the circumstances.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
The Chicago Cubs just got a major green light to help retool their roster this winter as the organization looks to push for a division title next season.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
To clarify, there’s no official green light yet for season three.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
In August, Trump himself effectively gave American law enforcement a green light to use force that may far outpace the severity of the circumstances.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for green light
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“Green light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20light. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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