How to Use green light in a Sentence

green light

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  • All the sort of stagecraft and blocks and green lights and stuff.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The driver who hit the man had a green light, police said.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2024
  • Its menu was given the green light by Paltrow, Goop founder.
    — Katie Jackson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
  • This gives the green light for more economic support without raising inflation.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • After a settlement agreement was reached with the city of Rocklin, construction got a green light.
    — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Police said the driver was crossing the roadway at a green light around 8:42 a.m. local time when Braden stepped in front of the car’s path.
    — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
  • That means the Central Valley link has the green light and is projected to see a bullet train by 2030.
    — Susanne Ruststaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
  • The man was standing in lanes of traffic near a Walmart Supercenter as the woman approached a green light, officers said.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024
  • Phase one of University Hills received the green light for up to $31.4 million in incentives.
    — Dallas News, 29 June 2022
  • The larger ones — which weigh about 150 pounds, according to Hayes — have the same red and green light options but also include white lights in a turn arrow shape.
    — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The motorcyclist entered the intersection on a green light and collided into the left side of the patrol car, Crescenzi said.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2022
  • Big box retailers like Target reportedly gave the green light to store managers to call law enforcement on collectors camping overnight to snap up new shipments of cards.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2022
  • When someone files a change application, a slew of boxes must be checked before the state engineer gives the green light — and denying or approving an application change can spark a legal battle.
    — Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • But leaders in the House and Senate weren’t ready to give the green light.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The driver, Bekaye Diakite, 42, of Waldorf, had a green light at the time of the turn.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Maryland picked a great week to give sports betting the green light.
    — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
  • If the timing is right, his base runners have the green light to steal.
    — Dallas News, 23 July 2022
  • Although the wind caused some damage, managers gave the green light for the launch.
    — Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Five green lights show the remaining charge, and the three red lights show the boost level.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • On the chart were two columns, one headed by a red light and one with a green light.
    — Bryan Stallings, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Stop at red lights and go at green lights, avoid drowning and don’t play with fire. . .
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • The tunnels are white-walled, 12 feet wide, and feature funky pink, blue, and green lights.
    — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • These fish tacos give a green light to eating with our hands.
    — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Joining her in neon pink and green lights were more than a dozen dancers on tiered steps.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The driver, a man, had a green light when the collision occurred.
    — The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The six-episode TV series got the official green light in May 2020.
    — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
  • According to sources, the show is in early stages and isn't close to getting a green light.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Getting that green light was the most momentous thing to me.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2024
  • At a green light, Silverman glides, free from the weight of her illness.
    — Audrey Richardson and Aurora Sousanis, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
  • It’s not the only company working to get the green light from the FAA, either.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2022

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