How to Use the green light in a Sentence

the green light

noun

• That was what got the green light for the movie on full blast.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
• By the time the sculpture got the green light, Nash was in his mid-70s.
  — Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• Don’t take this as the green light to start planting them.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2024
• Brayden Schager has the green light to throw deep at will.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
• So all of those things, again, are giving the Fed the green light to go ahead and cut.
  — Andy Mills, Quartz, 31 July 2024
• Newton liked it and gave Schneider the green light to shop it around.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 May 2024
• Page gave Lightfoot the green light to advance to third base.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
• Ed now has the green light to expand to the remainder of the district.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
• Perez entered with 4:30 left in the fourth quarter and was given the green light to sling the ball.
  — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
• The Wachowskis get the green light to make The Matrix on a $60 million budget.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
• The doctors gave the green light for the donation process to begin.
  — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 18 June 2023
• With more research, plants that speak in color may get the green light too.
  — WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
• Meanwhile, perhaps the most vivid and springlike color of the day was the green light that bathed the White House.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
• The grants gave both companies the green light to move forward with sales.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 1 July 2023
• Logo patches got the green light from the league before the start of last season.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• Both brothers were happy to give Joe the green light to go all-in on music.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
• And there are already plans for a fifth season afoot, should it be given the green light.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
• Sometime after that, the City Council will vote on whether the tool should be given the green light.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• The decision clears the way for the deal to close now that the UK regulator has given the green light.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 13 Oct. 2023
• Today’s alignment between the sun and Mercury gives you the green light!
  — USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
• After six months, I was given the green light by the owner to design my own piece.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Sudanese government just needed to give the green light.
  — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
• Bo Odar and Friese will write, showrun and executive produce should the project get the green light.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
• Green loves having the green light to roam and wreak havoc as a help defender.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
• Hezbollah was involved in the negotiations and gave the green light for the deal to be sealed.
  — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
• Murdoch had given the green light to the O.J. project, and all of Fox’s top executives were on board.
  — Judith Regan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
• This time around, Johnson gave the green light to a third year in August — before seeing the 2024 numbers.
  — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
• The 48-hour closure was lifted, giving beach goers the green light to go back in the water to swim or surf along a two-mile strech in the city.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
• So, why have certain projects been given the green light when most of Hollywood is on pause?
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• Wait for the green light, then move the device in slow, circular motions across your target area or your full face.
  — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024