as in to permit
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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as in permission
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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Recent Examples of green-light
Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Not every piece of feedback AI provides deserves a green light.
—Randy Illig, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
That came only days after a report emerged that Aaron Siri, a Kennedy ally, petitioned the government to reconsider its green light of the polio vaccine in 2022.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
Some poultry farmers have even invested in lasers that shoot beams of green light in random patterns to discourage ducks and geese from landing.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for green-light 
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Jupiter direct in your spirituality sector the same day gives you the cosmic green light to trust your intuition — your inner compass knows what’s best for you.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Not every piece of feedback AI provides deserves a green light.
—Randy Illig, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
That came only days after a report emerged that Aaron Siri, a Kennedy ally, petitioned the government to reconsider its green light of the polio vaccine in 2022.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
Some poultry farmers have even invested in lasers that shoot beams of green light in random patterns to discourage ducks and geese from landing.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for green-light
Recent Examples of Synonyms for green-light
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The commission has found that in the past some accounts have been permitted to lag and the group is of the opinion that all bills should be paid promptly as the plant belongs to the citizens and a profit should be made.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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While drinking is permitted, members are never to become visibly intoxicated.—
Justine Harman,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Harvard-Westlake paid more than $40 million for the land in 2021, then had to go through years of community meetings while getting permits and receiving permission from the city to build.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: The early days of Trump's second administration — as Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) crew execute a hostile takeover of the federal government's digital infrastructure — are giving Washington a crash course in the importance of system permissions.—
Richard Collings,
Axios,
4 Feb. 2025
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Although early games like Mortal Kombat allowed players to interact and sometimes kill opponents with stage hazards, in Tekken, there’s a special kind of attention paid to the level of detail when an enemy gets viscerally kicked through a plate glass wall into a courtyard a full story down.—
Veerender Jubbal,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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Removing two of the four commissioners did away with the quorum that allows the E.E.O.C. to fulfill many of its functions.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2025
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President Donald Trump orders his administration to begin preparations on a facility at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 migrants detained for being in the U.S. without legal authorization.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Any contractor must be licensed, bonded and insured, however, and have previous authorization from the company.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Those who feel like breakout players of 2024-25 have actually been around for a year or more, and have had a chance to adjust.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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On Tuesday, Netanyahu praised Mr. Trump for having unconventional ideas.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Wesley Terry, Fort Lauderdale Trying to keep his family being from being destroyed by a trio of crises occupied Fort Lauderdale’s Wesley Terry (admitted in 2005) in 2020, according to the mitigation part of his guilty plea for consent judgment.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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Applicants must also have a pistol license, consent to a full background investigation, provide a letter from a physician and consent to random drug testing.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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During the Biden administration, the U.S. imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russian companies, imports, oligarchs and beyond.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
9 Feb. 2025
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Ahead of the summit, the United States warned of possible sanctions against Rwandan and Congolese officials, further raising the stakes for finding a solution to a conflict that is rooted in the long fallout from the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the struggle for control of Congo’s mineral resources.—
Reuters,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Green-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green-light. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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