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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Nonetheless, Watson’s green light has been a worthy exercise for the Nuggets.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Flagg owns a neon green light to continue to fail.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Emergency vehicles will get a green light while vehicles approaching from a cross direction are stopped.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Sharpe’s role doesn’t come with a green light or a play call drawn up in his name.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Flagg owns a neon green light to continue to fail.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Emergency vehicles will get a green light while vehicles approaching from a cross direction are stopped.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Sharpe’s role doesn’t come with a green light or a play call drawn up in his name.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Green light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20light. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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