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verb

Definition of green-lightnext
as in to permit
to give permission for or to approve of as soon as the project is green-lighted, we'll schedule a planning meeting

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green light

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noun

as in permission
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser

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Recent Examples of green-light
Noun
Apnimed, which funded the trial, is seeking FDA approval and hopes for a green light next year. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 Developer Apnimed is seeking FDA approval and hopes for a green light next year. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026 These small-scale clinical trials generally undergo less oversight than the traditional approval pathway for a green light. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 Animal studies have also found that green light therapy is effective at healing burn wounds. — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for green-light
Recent Examples of Synonyms for green-light
  1. permit
  2. permission
  3. allow
  4. authorization
  5. have
  6. consent
  7. granting
  8. sanction
Verb
  • Taillon has coughed up 25 home runs in 15 starts this season, allowing five in his previous two starts, ceding at least one in 12 turns and permitting multiple blasts in eight starts.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Officials confirmed that the party was not permitted or sanctioned, and that the property owner was unaware that the field was being used for an event.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of permit
Noun
  • The Historical Center worked with the government of Papua New Guinea to secure all the permissions to legally recover parts of the plane, Fiandt said.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • After the lower court earlier this year ordered a halt to aboveground construction, the president argued that permission from Congress was unnecessary because public money was not being used to pay for it.
    — Darlene Superville, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of permission
Verb
  • Kremer has allowed 12 home runs in seven starts this year, avoiding a home run in only one of those turns and ceding multiple homers in three of them.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Cannabis is native to Nepal and is widely used during festivals, and activists in Nepal have been trying to get the government to change the law to allow it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of allow
Noun
  • Markham Park District executive director Quintina Brown hired a helicopter for her daughter's prom send-off, which then landed in Roesner Park without authorization on May 8.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Oklo says the Reactor Pilot Program allowed those activities to move forward alongside the DOE’s safety review and authorization.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of authorization
Verb
  • The bedroom is on floor one, the first door on the right (that door, by the way, has three peepholes carved seemingly at random), and is bedecked in reddish wood.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Nixon surrendered 50 receptions in coverage and had 72 tackles (58 solos).
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of have
Noun
  • The 26-year-old suspect was identified only as a foreign national who has been granted legal asylum, in line with Greece’s strict data protection laws, which generally prohibit authorities from naming criminal suspects without their consent.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • More than a dozen states have followed suit since, and many others require in-person parental consent.
    — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of consent
Noun
  • Realizing that truth would be a route toward not only better preparedness going forward but also a more general granting of grace.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Thus, in the end the appeals court affirmed the granting of the Hus' special motion and the award of attorney fees and costs against RCA.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of granting
Noun
  • The two countries struck a memorandum of understanding in June aimed at halting the conflict, restoring shipping traffic, launching negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and eventually loosening sanctions on Iran.
    — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Partners who are not yet ready to play a more active role in supplying interceptors can help by implementing new sanctions.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of sanction

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“Green-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green-light. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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