green paper
noun
often capitalized G&P
British
: a government document that proposes and invites discussion on approaches to a problem
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The green paper pass cost five cents, just a penny less than a can of Campbell’s tomato soup.
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Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
Next, cut stems and leaves from green paper and form them—with the liners—into picture blossoms on a cardstock background.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
People write their hopes on green paper leaves.
—Seth Borenstein, ajc, 19 Nov. 2022
Ron Kitagawa gave me the details: While the Sporting Green used to be printed on spools of green paper, in recent years both the sports section and Sunday Datebook have been printed on white paper that’s tinted with green and pink ink at our Fremont printing press.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2021
An origami dinosaur folded from green paper; a single, lonely stiletto; a list of reasons to stay in the U.K. scrawled in ballpoint pen.
—Eliza Dumais, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2023
Under the tang of hot lye and smeared ink, not more than a thousand copies of Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei were jammed between cheap green paper covers in February 1848.
—James Robins, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2023
The green paper in the private room was a challenge.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 5 Dec. 2022
Then, place neon green paper inside to really send the message home.
—Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
Next, cut stems and leaves from green paper and form them—with the liners—into picture blossoms on a cardstock background.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
People write their hopes on green paper leaves.
—Seth Borenstein, ajc, 19 Nov. 2022
Ron Kitagawa gave me the details: While the Sporting Green used to be printed on spools of green paper, in recent years both the sports section and Sunday Datebook have been printed on white paper that’s tinted with green and pink ink at our Fremont printing press.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2021
An origami dinosaur folded from green paper; a single, lonely stiletto; a list of reasons to stay in the U.K. scrawled in ballpoint pen.
—Eliza Dumais, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2023
Under the tang of hot lye and smeared ink, not more than a thousand copies of Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei were jammed between cheap green paper covers in February 1848.
—James Robins, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2023
The green paper in the private room was a challenge.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 5 Dec. 2022
Then, place neon green paper inside to really send the message home.
—Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
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