green-lighting

present participle of green-light

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for green-lighting
Verb
  • Clear skies permitting, bundle up and head to your nearest dark sky park to spot the comets, and bring along a pair of binoculars.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The announcement comes a week after shooting levels in Los Angeles reached another all-time low during the three month-period from July to September, according to the latest report from film permitting office FilmLA.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The growing trend of player-for-player marking can also mean that teams can bypass an opponent’s midfield with direct passes when building up, allowing an attacking midfielder, two wingers, and a lone striker to stay high and push the opposition back towards their own goal.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • There is a specific kind of yearning involved in having a crush, one that feels intense, yet is for the most part harmless fun; still, as people grow older the frequency of such infatuations often decreases.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Fans will know instantly that this child grows up to be renowned composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, and Linklater leans into that, having the pre-teenage Sondheim criticize Hart's writing.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Green-lighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green-lighting. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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