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Recent Examples of green
Adjective
Each room is designed in one of four colors—red, blue, green, or yellow—allowing guests to choose their mood. Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025 The white gown is from the designer’s spring 2026 collection and is decorated with a floral pattern of red carnations and bright green stems, which make the pumps pop. Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
In fact, foods like fatty fish, olive oil, berries, and leafy greens have strong evidence supporting their strong anti-inflammatory effects and their ability to protect against chronic inflammatory diseases. Jillian Kubala, Health, 22 Oct. 2025 Each bloom is made from high-quality plastic and features a hint of green on the leaves and stems. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for green
Recent Examples of Synonyms for green
Adjective
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michigan features miles of sand beach, lush forests, clear inland lakes, unique flora and fauna, towering bluffs, an island lighthouse, coastal villages, picturesque farmsteads and more.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Driving through lush, evergreen rainforest, far past the industrious city of Seattle, a rolling mist creeps in.
    Christina Fang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The inexperienced head coach has sensibly made only minor tweaks since taking over, sticking with the compact, direct football that has served Brentford so well.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Scaloni, whose team finished in first place in South American World Cup qualifying, was using Friday’s match, and the Tuesday match against Puerto Rico at Chase Stadium, to integrate some of the younger and inexperienced players on the roster.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But anyone imagining that this problem will be resolved by taking games beyond international borders is extremely naive.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In contrast, the late-’90s and early-2000s pop culture era—glittery, naive, and commercially loud—feels like an antidote to endless doom-scrolling.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Viruses, as well as small bits of vegetation and invasive zebra mussel larvae, can hide in the plumbing of your rig.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Assembly Bill 888 establishes a grant program aimed at helping low- and middle-income homeowners in high-fire-risk areas to pay for the removal of flammable vegetation and implement other mitigating measures—like installing fire-resistant materials—within 5 feet of their homes.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The biggest, richest, most powerful clubs — the ones that will inevitably be the main beneficiaries if this takes hold — are making far more money than ever before.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, Ferguson faced large personal debts after her divorce and was repeatedly criticized for poor money management and lavish spending.
    Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lenzing accomplished this aesthetic by cutting our fibers into varied lengths, mimicking the natural variation that happens in grown fibers like cotton or hemp.
    Carved, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In a nearby village, Tali (Sara Vino) and her grown kids also go into their shelter room.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Noah's sister-in-law Esther (Jackie Tohn), the Jewish character portrayed most insultingly last year, has thankfully been softened and refined, and has somehow become the lone voice of reason amongst a group of immature idiots.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Stem cells are immature cells that have the ability to turn into insulin-producing beta cells and to produce more cells like themselves.
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While House Republicans can pass legislation with a simple majority vote, Senate Republicans cannot advance most matters without meeting a 60-vote threshold.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But in stoppage time, Miami was gifted a third goal when Jordi Alba crossed from the left and keeper Willis, colliding with defender Walker Zimmerman, spilled the ball right to Messi, who had the simplest of tap-ins.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Green.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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