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green lights 1 of 2

noun

plural of green light
as in permissions
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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green-lights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of green-light
as in permits
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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Recent Examples of green lights
Noun
The automaker has installed 55 cameras and 100 flashing green lights at its Detroit facilities. — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026 As rush hour traffic stood still waiting for green lights, the protesters chanted for justice, no more deaths in the jail and a new sheriff. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026 Mounted atop the temporary wall were two sets of traffic lights, a pair of side-by-side green lights (currently off) and a set of red lights, now blinking. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026 Downtown Lawrence is decorated with signs and red and green lights, an homage to Algeria’s colors. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026 Ahead of the endorsement vote, Klobuchar supporters holding batons with flashing green lights dominated the convention floor. — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026 But the bigger point here is that quite often Disney will defend their green lights of franchise movies for the greater good of the ancillaries. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 May 2026 There are green lights, front and back, which really work to illuminate dust. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 14 May 2026 Some businesses get folks to shine green lights at them to move them. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for green lights
  1. permissions
  2. permits
  3. authorizations
  4. allows
  5. consents
  6. has
  7. sanctions
Noun
  • The owner should demonstrate continuing usage, acceptable outcomes, current permissions, understood dependencies and a justified cost-to-operate.
    — Akhilesh Sharma, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • That generally means gaining permissions and following the law on matters like IP and export controls.
    — Kate Rooney,Paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of permissions
Verb
  • Housing shortages sometimes happen when cities can’t issue residential building permits fast enough to keep vacancy rates low and rent high in a secondary market.
    — Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Norway permits gambling only via state monopolies aimed at preventing gambling problems and at funneling profits to nonprofits.
    — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of permits
Noun
  • Testing a dissenting hypothesis often required weeks of alignment meetings, internal authorizations and grueling pilot programs.
    — Fabio Moioli, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Several California universities have paused international students’ applications to pursue off-campus internships after the federal government issued guidance last month urging enhanced scrutiny of these work authorizations.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of authorizations
Verb
  • The approach allows facilities to generate electricity from an existing byproduct rather than adding another fuel source.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • No visit to Lithfield is complete without a visit to The White Memorial Conservation Center, and in particular, the Little Pond Boardwalk, an elevated walkway that allows visitors to experience the wetland environment.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of allows
Noun
  • For those with an eye on the future and a mindset of settlement and creating homes for others, planning and consents are in place for 400 new beachfront properties.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • This means cost-sharing for stormwater improvements will continue to be structured by the 83/17 split for decades to come – unless GLWA consents to renegotiating the deal.
    — Nicole Van Lier, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
Definition of consents
Verb
  • Belarus still has 912 political prisoners, including 20 journalists, according to the Viasna human rights center.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There are 795 rooms here, including 58 suites, and every one of them has a private lanai (a Hawaiian balcony or veranda) with either a garden or an ocean view.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of has
Noun
  • At the same time, the United States canceled the visas of eight Brazilian supreme-court justices and placed unprecedented financial and travel sanctions on a powerful justice and his family.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The country has survived being severed, via sanctions and the difficulties of cross-border travel, from Europe and the United States.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Green lights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green%20lights. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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