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noun (sometimes initial capital letters)

(in Lebanon) a demarcation line that divides predominantly Christian East Beirut and predominantly Moslem West Beirut.

any similar demarcation line between two hostile communities, as between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in Nicosia.

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How to use green line in a sentence

The green lines depict the control group of women who received no card.
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“Sage grouse chicks chase the green line as the desert dries up,” Maestas explains.
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Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.
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It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.
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I just did one [Geezer] with Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day.
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Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.
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In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
With the dispersal of the spores the cone shrivels up, and then the stems starts to send out green branches.
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The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.
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A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
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Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.
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British Dictionary definitions for green line

green line

noun

(sometimes capitals) a line of demarcation between two hostile communities

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