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
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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
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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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Assign a basket for mail, a folder for permission slips, a place for backpacks and shoes, and a drawer or basket for chargers, keys, and sunglasses.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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Here are some tips to make sure location tracking is kept to a minimum: App permissions Head to your phone’s control panel to check permissions.—
Kelvin Chan,
The Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2025
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Pursuing dangerous Medicaid block grant schemes and allowing flagrant violations of unequivocal state laws looks like throwing stones in a Capitol building made of glass.—
Sheldon Toubman,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2025
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That chasm is also home to a supernatural force that cannot be allowed to get out, under any circumstances.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Trump contends that efforts to limit local coordination on immigration shield violent criminals from deportation, although studies have found immigrants living in the country without authorization are not more likely to commit crimes than the general population.—
Grace Hase,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Approved authorization to apply for a redevelopment grant from the state Department of Employment and Economic Development.—
Janean Sorrell,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Besides the Inability Committee, the governor has authority to remove a mayor.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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The company has billions in government contracts, primarily with NASA and the Pentagon.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
18 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 20 Feb. 2025.
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