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Recent Examples of effluence
The environment struggles with effluence from ground sources and pollution in general that pours into the Bay.
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Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant.
—Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
Water runoff and control, water quality and effluence, education, water reuse and water conservation, also continue to be priorities in the village’s water management plan.
—Brian L. Cox, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
So many words, words upon words, the effluence of the dialogue being the show’s draw, as well as one of its drawbacks.
—Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
Among the problems caused by the island's long-running tourism boom is unregulated development and pipes carrying raw effluence directly into the sea.
—Euan McKirdy, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
Angel and his team hit the main control rooms: flat-screen computers monitoring effluence, water quality, chemical inputs, pump efficiency—
—Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015
Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant.
—Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
Water runoff and control, water quality and effluence, education, water reuse and water conservation, also continue to be priorities in the village’s water management plan.
—Brian L. Cox, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
So many words, words upon words, the effluence of the dialogue being the show’s draw, as well as one of its drawbacks.
—Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
Among the problems caused by the island's long-running tourism boom is unregulated development and pipes carrying raw effluence directly into the sea.
—Euan McKirdy, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
Angel and his team hit the main control rooms: flat-screen computers monitoring effluence, water quality, chemical inputs, pump efficiency—
—Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effluence
Noun
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Much of the reduction was from China’s efforts to reduce its notoriously bad air pollution in recent years and international shipping rules in effect since 2020 that have reduced sulfur emissions from large ships by 85%.—
Michael Wysession,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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But in a similar case the group brought in Montana, the courts found that the state had a duty to consider greenhouse gas emissions in permitting energy projects.—
Blanca Begert,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Another way of saying this is that the radiant or emanation point of most meteor showers appears highest in the sky before dawn.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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This perhaps had something to do with the curious luminance of the boy’s face, as in paintings of saints, as though the glow were the emanation of grace.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This represents a dramatic turnaround from a $61 million operating cash outflow in 2024, demonstrating improving operational efficiency.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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French, Swedish and Irish figures cited outmigration — and a resulting outflow of jobs, investment and entrepreneurial activity — as a rationale for repeal.—
Jared Walczak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Scholars such as the ethnomusicologist Michael Fuhr saw K-pop as a reversal of long-standing narratives, especially in pop music, that accentuated the flow of culture from West to East.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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State officials also raised a berm along a causeway separating the north and south arms of the lake to give them control over the flow of water and salt between the two.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But Mabel the rescue dog showed his soft side, and her public journey toward a final goodbye over the past two weeks prompted an outpouring of stories and support from his listeners.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2026
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Losing Steers, and the eggs, unleashed an outpouring.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Detectives are continuing to analyze evidence, review additional video and pursue investigative leads to determine who is responsible for the discharge of the firearm and the possession of the weapons that were recovered, the news release from the department said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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By 2016, discharges from Lake Okeechobee fueled another summer of toxic algal blooms, and a bare-bones nonprofit called Captains for Clean Water formed.—
Michael Adno,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Effluence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effluence. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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