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  1. greenwashnoun

    A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.

  2. greenwashverb

    To disseminate such information about (something).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of greenwash in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of greenwash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of greenwash in a Sentence

  1. Laura Leigh:

    Absolutely nothing has changed under the Biden administration except we are being spoon-fed a dose of greenwash that they ‘care’ about the environment and wild things.

  2. Laura Leigh:

    Profit-driven interests ravage the landscape, and we blame the horse, absolutely nothing has changed under the Biden administration except we are being spoon-fed a dose of greenwash that they ‘care’ about the environment and wild things.

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  • зеленый камуфляRussian

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