How to Use the green light in a Sentence

the green light

noun
Definition of the green lightnext
  • 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
  • Ed now has the green light to expand to the remainder of the district.
    — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 22 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • So, why have certain projects been given the green light when most of Hollywood is on pause?
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • In June, the city launched a new licensing system and gave the green light to some crypto trading under the new plan.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Martin got the green light to leave the gift, and Mad Dogs & Englishmen team was surprised with a thoughtful thank you on June 7.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • While writing each absurd joke, Seligman would think about how these films gave her the green light to proceed.
    — Nadine Zylberberg, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2023
  • To get the green light to sell to consumers, both companies need the go-ahead from the US Department of Agriculture.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • President Joe Biden's plan to fix a broken border just got the green light in Canada.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
  • Clayton Keller showed great control with the puck along the boards during the power play and gave the green light for Boyd’s backhander at 12:44 in the second.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Production on the fifth and final season of Stranger Things was delayed starting in May amid the writers strike but now has the green light.
    — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023
  • As for the airship, the carbon-fiber blimp is held down by secure ropes until given the green light to disengage.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
  • If given the green light by the Supreme Count, the measure would still need hundreds of thousands more signatures to get onto the ballot.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2023
  • In the case of Taiwan, the PLA has clearly been given the green light to maintain constant military pressure on the island.
    — David M. Finkelstein, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Other countries never received the green light to send aid or rescuers.
    — Claire Parker, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023

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