greenhouse
Americannoun
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greenhouses
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noun
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Origin of greenhouse
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The next step is to determine whether the engineered receptors can provide effective protection in whole plants grown under controlled greenhouse conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Satellites and AI are also used to spot greenhouse gas emissions from individual facilities such as oil and gas sites, mines or landfills.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Yet bogs are fragile, and as they are drained, burned or dug up to gather fuel or create more land for agriculture, they release millennia of stored greenhouse gases into the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
As I wrote in 2019, California’s policies, by contrast, reflect the scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are a mortal threat to the environment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Lily is at the far end of the greenhouse.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
With far less leisure time and diminished income, recreational facilities are turned over to food production, notably small-scale greenhouses and vertical farming for producing varied fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Instead of planting berry bushes out in the open, as is often done in the U.S., it decided to grow them in greenhouses using water systems that couldn’t be contaminated by nearby farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
That is because the plants are grown in greenhouses which overheat in the high outdoor temperatures, causing the plants to become stressed, Vanpoperingh said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The parcel includes three buildings, greenhouses and a large agricultural field, according to the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
They ran past the greenhouses and up Dedlock Street.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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