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green flag
green flagnoun(in automobile racing) a green-colored flag that is used to signal the start of a race.
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Green Flag
Green Flagnounan award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
green flag
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Green Flag was set up in 2023 to invest in Ukrainian companies, and the venture-capital firm says that in recent months there has been growing interest in its inaugural $20 million fund.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
“Are they scrappy? Yes. Are they all working in bombed-out buildings with pliers found on the side of the road? No,” said Justin Zeefe, a founding partner at Los Angeles- and Kyiv-based Green Flag Ventures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
The number of parks and green spaces awarded Green Flag status has risen by more than a half in a year.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2014
Green Flag reminds us that anyone driving in France is already required to carry a warning triangle and a fluorescent safety vest.
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2012
Every strike has already torn the Orange Flag and the Green Flag into two pieces, and stitched them together again after a new and portentous pattern.
From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)
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