green light

noun

Synonyms of green light next

: authority or permission to proceed

green-light

ˈgrēn-ˌlīt

transitive verb

Examples of green light in a Sentence

we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser

Recent Examples on the Web Experts like Emily Broad Leib, the director of Harvard's Food Law and Policy Clinic, say GRAS has become a loophole that gives companies a provisional green light to put new additives in food. —

Leigh Ann Winick, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2024 Celebrities turned out in full force to Aston Martin’s newest addition to its fleet, Vanquish, a V12 flagship sports car, apparently giving it their green light. —

Violet Goldstone, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024 SpaceX has not missed a beat since the Federal Aviation Administration gave the company a green light to resume Falcon 9 launches after a failure last month. —

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2024 The project gradually staffed up and underwent development, moving the setting from London, where Anna is a BBC news reader in the book, to Atlanta, and eventually found its way to Netflix, with Thompson entering talks for the lead more than a month ago, cementing the series’ green light. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for green light

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