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Meanings of green shoots in English

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Usage of green shoots in English
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Spain's export success is one of a few green shoots around Europe.
Reuters
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The housing market is showing green shoots as mortgage rates have dropped.
Reuters
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Lucas's caution is down to having seen green shoots fade away before.
The Guardian
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For the optimists, there were green shoots already emerging from the rubble.
The Guardian
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Spread out around its stand was an uneven circle of green shoots.
Fears Unnamed
6
These rhizomes appear exactly like roots, but occasionally throw up green shoots.
Insectivorous Plants
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The technology industry is not alone in its exuberance for green shoots thinking.
Reuters
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The airline said green shoots emerged in its first quarter performance.
The South African
9
Tiny green shoots appeared in the rusty tangle of last season's mesa grasses.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
10
In the spring, many felt they witnessed the green shoots of economic recovery.
The Guardian
11
Across the basement, the young green shoots were four inches tall.
Swan Song
12
But could the weeds of urban neglect become the green shoots of hope?
The Irish Times
13
The lilac-bushes were not yet in leaf-onlysome tiny green shoots.
Sister Teresa
14
Nurturing the green shoots of inflation expectations is crucial for Japan.
Reuters
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Adopting the Tories' approach will act like a frost on the green shoots.
The Guardian
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Already we're seeing green shoots of how it will take shape.
Independent.ie
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Green shoots through the time
Green shoots across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common