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noun

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Recent Examples of green-light
Noun
Others just get giddy having a green light to upend society’s rules of decorum, even for a short window of time. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 Reporting indicates that the assault’s green light came from only a handful of Hamas leaders and commanders, including Yahya Sinwar, Marwan Issa, and Mohammed Deif (all of whom were later assassinated by Israel). Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025 Baldwin asked Scoop, referring to a green light beaming from his finger. Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025 The high court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has given a series of green lights to the White House without full hearings or any explanation of its reasoning, as is typical on the court’s emergency docket, also known as the shadow or interim docket. Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for green-light
Recent Examples of Synonyms for green-light
Verb
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The original iteration of Mojaveland ran from 2021 to 2023, but had to close due to accessibility and permitting issues.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Customers in Texas and Arizona can receive parcels from the flying delivery liaisons, and Amazon has received beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) permissions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which means the drones can, theoretically, start to scale for delivery.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a particular kind of excellence that happens when Black women stop waiting for permission and just build.
    Essence, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Having played on the Tuesday, and returning to England on Wednesday, he was allowed until Friday off, but came in on Thursday for individual recovery work.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Due process requires a commitment to the reasons punishment is sought and thus allows those reasons to be addressed and countered.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lawmakers from both major political parties have expressed concerns about Trump ordering the military actions without receiving authorization from Congress or providing many details.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Employees represented by United Auto Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant workers will hold a strike authorization vote next week, following the company’s final offer last month.
    Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Players can also add the Double Play for an additional $1 to have a second chance at winning $10 million.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That means more than one of every eight of Kroger's 103 stores in its Cincinnati-Dayton division (which includes Northern Kentucky) have the digital devices so far.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 2014, Belgium became the second country in the world to allow child euthanasia, requiring parental consent.
    Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Carroccia strictly questioned the 20-year-old accuser’s definition of consent during the trial, according to reports.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine and its European allies want Trump to apply greater pressure on Putin to end the war by strengthening Ukrainian forces with more and better firepower, and putting tougher sanctions on Russia and its strategic partners, particularly China.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Western leaders largely dismissed these overt signals, assuming Putin would not be reckless enough to risk crippling sanctions, economic isolation, and a costly war.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025

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

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