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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Downtown Lawrence is decorated with signs and red and green lights, an homage to Algeria’s colors.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
Now, because the success rate has fallen in some cases to 5 percent, near unanimity among reviewers is required, and only the projects that reviewers see as most certain of success will receive a green light.
—Mark Histed, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
After months of collaboration, the streamer gave the project a green light.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 June 2026
So, just as red light, green light, and blue light blend to make white, so do red, blue, and green quarks form color-neutral protons and neutrons (the building blocks of atoms).
—Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2026
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
Now, because the success rate has fallen in some cases to 5 percent, near unanimity among reviewers is required, and only the projects that reviewers see as most certain of success will receive a green light.
—Mark Histed, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
After months of collaboration, the streamer gave the project a green light.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 June 2026
So, just as red light, green light, and blue light blend to make white, so do red, blue, and green quarks form color-neutral protons and neutrons (the building blocks of atoms).
—Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2026
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“Green light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20light. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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