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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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In the wake of Mr. Trump’s win, seen by some settler groups as giving them a green light, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared 2025 as a year for annexation.
—Fatima Abdulkarim, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
Pennsylvania's state House has passed legislation that would give cryptocurrency an unambiguous green light in the Keystone State, if the Senate concurs.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Norris led a gaggle of cars off the line while Verstappen was part of a separate group that waited for green lights to go out before a second formation lap.
—Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Some downtown buildings are getting a jumpstart on Black Friday window displays and turning on their rooftop red and green lights.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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Etymology
from the green traffic light which signals permission to proceed
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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“Green light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20light. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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