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as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
fields green with meadow grass
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as in inexperienced
lacking in adult experience or maturity
a new pitcher who's pretty green, even by rookie standards
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as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
in spite of her age, she's still green enough to be hoodwinked by fast-talking scammers
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as in vegetation
green leaves or plants
the lonely soldier dreamt of the fields of green that he had wandered in as a youth
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as in money
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
I need to save up some green before I can afford that cruise
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Recent Examples of green
Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
Participants painted their hands green and left their handprints on the mural in the shape of leaves on a tree.
—Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 18 June 2025
Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 19 June 2025
Real professional golfers are also hitting the green in Happy Gilmore 2.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 19 June 2025
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Adjective
Either version gives the chicken a deep, smoky heat that’s balanced out by the briny green olives and lightly caramelized broccoli.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
Participants painted their hands green and left their handprints on the mural in the shape of leaves on a tree.
—Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 18 June 2025
Noun
The color of the curtain was designed to match the signature grayish green of the building’s ironwork.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 19 June 2025
Real professional golfers are also hitting the green in Happy Gilmore 2.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for green
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Founded by Italo Argentine sisters Violeta and Pia Martinez, this 1,404-square-foot space has a warm atmosphere with dark wood accents, lush greenery and natural tones complemented by ceramic and stone details.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
20 June 2025
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Photo : Simon Berlyn Like most rooms in the house, the great room has French doors opening to the lush grounds.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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And if anyone was naive enough to imagine the U.S.-led tournament in 2026 would be free of such political baggage, then surely the increasingly public proximity of the Trump-Infantino relationship has dispelled those illusions.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Biography Ellmann-style was left looking hopelessly naive in its effort to understand the work by understanding its writer’s life.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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There's something about the mountains, vegetation, and the size of the valleys, plus the coast and islands.—
Thor Pedersen,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2025
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Nonselective herbicides kill all vegetation (including turfgrasses) and are used in lawn renovation or for weeds not controlled by selective herbicides.—
Dee Dee Kerscher,
Oc Register,
20 June 2025
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The club has turned the Ohtani contract into a credit card, using the money to lure talent to Los Angeles while convincing the new arrivals to defer salary for down the road.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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There was no winner that night—there hadn’t been a winner for the past ninety-one drawings—and so the pool of money rolled over.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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The video then cuts to present-day Rocco, now a fully grown and considerably larger dog, still happily being scooped up and carried to bed in the same loving fashion.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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And although seeing grown women play 13-year olds could veer into awkwardness, their committed performances make buying in effortless.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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After hatching, the immature cicadas or nymphs spend 17 or 13 years underground, feeding on roots, then emerge during the spring and transform into adult cicadas.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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And babies younger than six months old—who are ineligible for vaccination because of their immature immune system—have the highest rates COVID hospitalization after adults aged 75 and older.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
10 June 2025
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In his formal lecture to the Academy, Campbell offered some reflections on the simple science that gave rise to the treatment, and to its wide array of applications.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2025
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While to some these screen-free devices may seem like a return to the early, simpler days of fitness trackers, Werring says the public is a bit more savvy than the step-counting obsessives of the 2010s.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Chemical Control Options Spraying the foliage of any vine that is covering a shrub or is surrounded by desirable landscape plants with any type of chemical or natural herbicide like vinegar is not practical.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 June 2025
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Water with soaker hoses or drip irrigation to keep foliage dry which might otherwise be infected with devastating mildew.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
12 June 2025
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“Green.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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