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- verb Present participle of
greenlight .
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Examples
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Perhaps one of those fledgling media students will end up "greenlighting" a certain writer's Winfrey-and-Gates comedy-adventure movie treatment, The Road to The Forbes 400 List.
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-- Review the content of programs on TV and other media before "greenlighting" them.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Yolanda Reid Chassiakos 2010
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-- Review the content of programs on TV and other media before "greenlighting" them.
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As the economic crisis recedes, Provence is "greenlighting", according to Mike Braunholz of estate agency Prestige Property, who has noted a surge in interest in the region from British buyers.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"greenlighting" approval process generally seen in major studios.
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"greenlighting" approval process generally seen in major studios.
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A week after greenlighting a new Nikita series along with a new family drama from the creator of Gilmore Girls, CW is back in action.
CW Greenlights BETWIXT Pilot; Gives Presentation Orders to HMS and HELLCATS – Collider.com 2010
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According to Variety, major studios will be "proceeding cautiously" in the coming months in terms of greenlighting projects or continuing with currently in-production ones, partly because of a possible SAG strike, but mostly due to the economy.
‘Iron Man 2’ & Other Upcoming Blockbusters: Feeling The Economic Pinch? » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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On the heels of greenlighting a pilot for a re-make of V, ABC has also given the go ahead for another TV adaption of the John Updike novel, The Witches of Eastwick, which many people will remember was also a big screen movie starring Jack Nicholson.
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Hollywood studios are heavily invested in the format, though, greenlighting a rash of projects in the post-"Avatar" frenzy of early last year.
The Godfathers Of Film Take On 3-D* Michelle Kung 2011
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