emanated

verb

past tense of emanate
as in radiated
to throw or give off honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent

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Recent Examples of emanated As the sun set over Evanston on Friday, a golden glow emanated from the limestone exterior of Ryan Field, which was mobbed for the first time by the Wildcat faithful. — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 An occasional bird would chirp in the distance, but the forest emanated an eerie stillness, said Young, a research ecologist at the University of California, Davis. — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026 The Sleepy Hollow saga emanated from a small New York town about a hundred miles from Hartford. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Sinfield rose to prominence as a star of rugby league, the sport popular in England’s north that emanated from its working-class communities in the late 19th century as a spin-off from rugby union. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Similar warnings have emanated from Florida, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 This success emanated from the partnerships formed between business, labor, government, academia, the nonprofit sector and the media. — Arne Carlson, Twin Cities, 30 Aug. 2026 Another interpretation is that people would rather spend their limited time on prose that emanated from another human mind. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The scent emanated from an installation in a greenhouse in the center of the city, filled with hay and senses-scrambling atmosphere from a fog machine. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanated
  1. radiated
  2. emitted
  3. cast
  4. released
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  • The surrounding countryside, by comparison, was littered with large numbers of trees that were toppled as the shock waves produced by the exploding asteroid high above radiated downward.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The film’s focus on the strange and unprecedented power dynamics in an industry that’s hurtling forward at all costs radiated off-screen as well.
    — Hayden Field, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of radiated
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  • Photons generated inside the solar cell, however, can normally be emitted over a much wider range of directions.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford had already shown that radioactive materials sometimes emitted particles, naturally changing the makeup of their atomic nuclei.
    — Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of emitted
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  • The story centers on Willow and Annika Lim, Chinese Australian sisters who are left their late mother’s casting agency with a catch attached.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • As part of the panel, co-showrunners and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau introduced a new clip teasing the second season, alongside series cast members Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Bella Shepard, Karim Diané and Robert Picardo.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of cast
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  • The actress posted $20,000 in bail, paid by credit card, and was released on Monday.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • They were released under judicial supervision and barred from leaving France.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of released

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“Emanated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emanated. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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