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as in to radiate
to throw or give off
nuclei that emit gamma rays
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Recent Examples of emit
Of all fossil fuels, coal emits the most carbon dioxide per unit of energy, and burning it releases deadly pollutants into the air.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Your Roomba emits a chime and flashes its indicator ring or a Wi-Fi symbol.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Cancer Alley is one of many patches of America — mostly minority and poor — that suffer higher levels of air pollution from fossil fuel facilities that emit tiny particles connected to higher death rates.
—Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Those earlier rules allowed power plants that burned a particularly dirty form of coal called lignite coal to emit more mercury than plants that burned other forms of the fossil fuel.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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Simmone Shah, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Your Roomba emits a chime and flashes its indicator ring or a Wi-Fi symbol.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Cancer Alley is one of many patches of America — mostly minority and poor — that suffer higher levels of air pollution from fossil fuel facilities that emit tiny particles connected to higher death rates.
—Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Those earlier rules allowed power plants that burned a particularly dirty form of coal called lignite coal to emit more mercury than plants that burned other forms of the fossil fuel.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emit
Verb
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The inner shift radiates outward.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Owner and hairstylist Isis Brantley radiates that same energy.—
Marissa Armas,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Others seem too nervous to utter much of anything at all.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
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Being in the room with these other actors was so helpful for performance and to build a sense of momentum so that every word, every line wasn’t uttered in isolation in a vacuum.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
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In his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, the President urged lawmakers to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America, Act, a bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship and photo identification to cast ballots in all 50 states, among other changes.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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This playful, low-profile side table and lamp combo is the ideal height for casting an ambient glow around a platform bed frame.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
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In other footage, filmed farther down the driveway, automatic gunfire can be heard, while a third video taken at the same time shows thick black smoke emanating from the site.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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In the meantime, there’s not much worry emanating from Charles Lee.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Feb. 2026
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Chelsea have followed that path while spending on transfers at an unprecedented level, last season recording the highest pre-tax loss in English football history (£342m), according to data released by UEFA on Thursday.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Buffalo Police had no updates Friday, but on Thursday released body-camera footage of the 2025 incident that led to Shah Alam being jailed for a year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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