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
• Then the defenseman would have the green light to fire.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 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
• The 28-year-old has had the green light to leave since last summer, and has played just 45 minutes this season.
  — Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
• Blue Bell is giving the green light to indulge in dessert — for breakfast.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The decision gives the green light to Garland to move ahead with his plans to release the Jan. 6 report.
  — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
• 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
• On the same day of the season 2 premiere, the streamer announced that the show had gotten the green light for season 3.
  — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Still, Vice President Vance gave the Senate the green light to move forward with their own plan as backup.
  — Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
• Last week, the court gave the green light to the seizure, citing the company owner’s foreign residency.
  — Nataliya Vasilyeva, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 13 Mar 2025