Examples of green light in a Sentence
we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser
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With no shield to steer solar particles, the entire nightside sky can glow with diffuse green light, caused by oxygen atoms less than 60 miles (about 100 kilometers) above the surface.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
So Bridgewater introduced this red light-green light drill, modeled after the kids’ playground game.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
The crowd takes it all in wearing headphones with green lights, turning the night into a kind of silent disco in a scene straight out of Mad Max.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The 16 clubs participating in Liga F gave their green light for the implementation of this system, which FIFA calls Football Video Support (FVS), early last month.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
So Bridgewater introduced this red light-green light drill, modeled after the kids’ playground game.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
The crowd takes it all in wearing headphones with green lights, turning the night into a kind of silent disco in a scene straight out of Mad Max.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The 16 clubs participating in Liga F gave their green light for the implementation of this system, which FIFA calls Football Video Support (FVS), early last month.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Green light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20light. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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