a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
a city in NW Massachusetts.
a town in central Indiana.
A piece of usually semirural property that is undeveloped except for agricultural use, especially one considered as a site for expanding urban development.
Compare brownfield
First recorded in 1940–45 as an adjective; current sense dates from 2000–05; green ( def. ) + field ( def. )
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At the same time, HDD makers “remain committed to not adding any new greenfield capacity,” Woodring said, referring to building new facilities for manufacturing HDDs.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai plans to dramatically increase India’s domestic ship building capacity with a port expansion and greenfield port development in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India’s hub for export-oriented automotive industries.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
To meet demand, “we absolutely need greenfield development,” partner Luciano Di Fiori says in a webcast presentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
World Bank data on foreign direct investment as a share of the economy suggests that the difference between France, Germany and the UK is less pronounced than the greenfield data.
From BBC ● May 22, 2024
Those needs “can only be met with a greenfield site that has yet to be identified,” the final report states.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Marseille, a nurse, and her son Jeremiah Garcia are represented by trial attorneys Brett Greenfield and Falamak Abromson at the Woodland Hills-based 818 Law Group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
They were identified to CBS News Boston as a family from Greenfield, Massachusetts - Dmitri Doncev, his wife, Ecaterina, their daughter Emily and son Mark.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
That’s one reason it has drawn foreign direct investment: Greenfield, or new, investment doubled between 2022 and 2025 versus 2015 to 2019, much of that into semiconductor-oriented investment.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Police were called to Greenfield Road in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, at 23:50 BST on Friday, after a vehicle was involved in a collision with three teenage boys, two riding a bike and another on a scooter.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
It’s what Dr. Greenfield calls “the anticipatory link.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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