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as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
fields green with meadow grass
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as in inexperienced
lacking in adult experience or maturity
a new pitcher who's pretty green, even by rookie standards
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as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
in spite of her age, she's still green enough to be hoodwinked by fast-talking scammers
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as in vegetation
green leaves or plants
the lonely soldier dreamt of the fields of green that he had wandered in as a youth
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as in money
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
I need to save up some green before I can afford that cruise
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Recent Examples of green
Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
The New Kids on the Block member went shirtless and wore elf shoes, green gloves and sunglasses.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
Martino Carrera, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
This isn’t even a great way to make a salad — the dressing won’t be evenly distributed across the greens, and some bites will wind up with more toppings than others.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Gingerbread Cream Cold Foam Cran-Merry Orange Refresher, infused with green coffee extract, made with real cranberries and cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
The New Kids on the Block member went shirtless and wore elf shoes, green gloves and sunglasses.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Available in blue and military green, the parka, priced at 1,726 euros, has dropped on C.P. Company’s e-commerce site, as well as at the brand’s flagship stores in Milan, Tokyo and Seoul and select retailers globally.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
This isn’t even a great way to make a salad — the dressing won’t be evenly distributed across the greens, and some bites will wind up with more toppings than others.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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The In Full Colour: Dale Chihuly exhibition, is carefully set within the lush rainforest environment of the Botanical Garden’s Bicentennial Conservatory, and gives visitors an up-close and personal look at Chihuly's creations.Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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He’s best associated with the gleaming, lush sound of jazz and pop in the ’70s and ’80s, as most famously heard on Michael Jackson’s albums Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dimon went on to say that the United States needed to avoid being naive and allowing larger global events to play out without any intervention.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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In a bloody good mix of horror comedy and murder mystery, Sam Richardson plays a naive but good-hearted forest ranger new to a small Vermont town out to catch a killer (who may or may not be a werewolf) among the various kooky residents. 55.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Zink takes the time to camouflage, paying attention to every detail, grassing the chicken-wire frame of his boat blind with natural vegetation.Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Unlike typical droughts, which can develop over extended periods, flash droughts emerge due to a combination of high temperatures, low humidity, intense sunlight, and strong winds, which speed up the drying of soils and vegetation.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Whatever happened to the money Ohio promised parents to pay for their kids' tutoring? 🎵 Entertainment: Billie Eilish to perform in Cincinnati tonight.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Arizona Republic Glendale police arrested two men suspected of following a man who withdrew $50,000 in cash to buy a truck before the money was grabbed from the car while the man was talking with the seller.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Wade’s grown son took the stage and said that Wade had always put fatherhood before basketball.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, her grown child is not wrong for wanting answers today.Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Oct. 2024
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Adult human beings—even the callous, tone-deaf, emotionally immature ones—demonstrate an understanding of death that is remarkable in its sophistication.Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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During the show’s run, Kevin was sometimes considered selfish and immature, especially when compared to some of the gentler members of the Pearson clan.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Or that a different definition will make a theory simpler.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
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If peace has always been but a simple voluntary choice, the price of human imperfection has been paid in the coin of perpetual war.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Every year, thousands flock to the Catskills, New York to bask in the beauty of the fall foliage.Anna Haines, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The images produced by the SAR satellites can show objects under cover or foliage, unlike optical satellites, although hiding from eyes in the sky has always been a concern, Suess said.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Green.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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