greenhouse
Americannoun
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greenhouses
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noun
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Origin of greenhouse
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There is also an important difference between the two greenhouse gases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Both the Obama and Biden administrations used the Clean Air Act to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which drive climate change.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nepal, a largely rural nation of 30 million people, contributes a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions compared to industrialised nations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Countries are investing in new power projects to meet energy security goals and phase out fossil fuels such as coal, which are blamed for emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Some snowdrops'd come out in the boggy spot, by Dad's greenhouse.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The Park Service gathered seeds from the landscape, grew them in greenhouses and planted them in the preserve in 2020 and 2021 when they were 2 to 3 years old, Polyakov said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
In the vast greenhouses, trays of plants shuttle around on rollers, which deliver them to the next stage of cultivation in sequence.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
My late father-in-law loved orchids, and in his decadeslong passion he built and maintained two large greenhouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
An hour's drive north of New York City, the greenhouses at Cropsey Farm are seeing their first leaves of kale, spinach and arugula emerge.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
She looked back toward the rear of the greenhouses, toward the trash heaps.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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