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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
The more matter accreted, the more energy emitted and thus the more outward pressure exerted on infalling material.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
And in transportation, one of the highest-emitting sectors, reforms are unfolding into inevitability.
—Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Paired with warm wood accents like herringbone floors and plenty of windows to allow for as much light as England’s sun ever emits, the overall impression is that California has jumped the pond.
—Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2025
Although a campfire is still an artificial form of light, the warm yellows and reds of its flames are less disruptive to our wake-sleep cycles than the bright, cool blue lights emitted from computers, TVs, and fluorescent bulbs.
—Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
And in transportation, one of the highest-emitting sectors, reforms are unfolding into inevitability.
—Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Paired with warm wood accents like herringbone floors and plenty of windows to allow for as much light as England’s sun ever emits, the overall impression is that California has jumped the pond.
—Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2025
Although a campfire is still an artificial form of light, the warm yellows and reds of its flames are less disruptive to our wake-sleep cycles than the bright, cool blue lights emitted from computers, TVs, and fluorescent bulbs.
—Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emit
Verb
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For more than four years, Lynn Milam's life was bound by the pain that radiated from her swollen joints.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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What had seemed an impossible task transformed into a practical matter of six little arrows, radiating around a central concept.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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My patients began to make different health choices and to question their prior ones almost as soon as the words were uttered.—
Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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The first words Mariah Carey utters on her 16th studio album are quintessential diva.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Viewers may cast up to 10 votes per voting method, with a maximum of 20 votes per couple each week.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Ellis has been cast as Bill Gibson, a charismatic, successful investment banker who is admired for being his firm’s highest-earning managing director.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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As the group files safely past the battalion of Canada geese and closer to the Downtown Canal Walk at the southern part of Military Park, smooth jazz emanating from the Indiana State Museum’s entrance replaces the construction crew’s cacophony.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
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Despite all the pro-housing policies emanating from the state Capitol and San Diego City Hall, housing starts have not met expectations or the need, and there’s been little impact on housing costs.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Sep. 2025
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Baker escorted Skeet to Winkler County jail where he was booked and released on $20,000 bail.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Both were in theatres for only a week or so, before being released on the platform.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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