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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
But when freewheeling Fred Silverman took over the network a year later, the concept got a green light, with some minor adjustments. — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 Just less than two years after Dan Schneider was given a green light on his Quiet on Set defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros Discovery and others, a trio of appeal judges has handed the former Nickelodeon producer a big defeat. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 The early pages of The Waves are liquid with green light, the garden or grounds a place of languor and surprise, sudden kisses, bright animal eyes, solitary daydream and jealousy. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026 Preliminary investigation has so far indicated that the truck driver had a green light at the time, Soley said. — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 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
  • Supply constraints, regulations, the immigration crackdown, permitting issues and many other practical realities have prevented all those goods and labor supplies from coming into balance with the extreme demand.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Both packaging and online product detail pages are permitted to provide an outbound link to a dedicated webpage on the manufacturer’s website to display the full list of ingredients.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of permit
Noun
  • When something goes wrong, investigate both the why behind the behavior and the why behind the permission.
    — Shashwat Sehgal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • California just legalized plug-in panels, no permission required.
    — L.A. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of permission
Verb
  • Notably, the bill allows members to keep their current portfolio and leaves officials in the executive branch untouched.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The move would allow milder, natural kratom products to continue flying under regulatory radar.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of allow
Noun
  • For example, the person cannot change residence or travel to another municipality or province without authorization and must appear before the court when summoned.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But threat detection should sit alongside runtime authorization rather than replace it.
    — Shashwat Sehgal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of authorization
Verb
  • Only about a dozen countries have active programs, including small Caribbean island states.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But Todd Field inhabited that world, and allowed the audience to do so, in a way that no previous director had.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of have
Noun
  • Governance and guardrails defining consent, privacy and frequency are critical when brands enter consumers’ personal mobile space.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In an essay from 2013, the Yale Law professor Jed Rubenfeld concluded that the only way out of this conundrum was to abandon consent and return to a force definition of rape.
    — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of consent
Noun
  • To that, the AG’s office were silent Thursday on the granting of Block the Merger’s eleventh-hour motion.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Other presidential powers include the negotiation of treaties and the granting of pardons.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of granting
Noun
  • Iran has tried to push world energy prices higher with attacks on the region's oil shipping routes; the United States, in turn, has aimed to wreck Iran's economy by blockading its ports since June and slapping it with increasingly tough sanctions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In August, the White House announced sanctions on five Cuban entities and eight individuals who help Cuba secure weapons and maintain relationships with foreign militaries.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 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 5 Oct. 2026.

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