greenfield

noun

green·field ˈgrēn-ˌfēld

often attributive

: land (such as a potential industrial site) not previously developed or polluted

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Digital services can grow explosively across the greenfield that is the developing world. —

Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021 Its production capacity may be replaced by a new one on a greenfield site in an industrial park in some suburb. —

Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2024 The project was discovered in 2021 during an extensive greenfields exploration program initiated by Hannan for back-arc porphyry copper-gold systems. —

Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024 But since 2000, the inflow of greenfield investment to the United States has been trending down sharply, from $13 billion annually in 2000 to $4 billion annually in 2019. —

Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for greenfield