as in radiates
to throw or give off
honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent
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Recent Examples of emanates
The result is a cultural posture that emanates authenticity rather than advertising aspiration—a practice, not a promo.
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Simon Mainwaring, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
So that the great humanity that Toni emanates just with this face would suffice.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
My love emanates from the small fairy ring of children.
—Ellyn Gaydos
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
This woke bill is just one more example of the moral decay that emanates from Democrats who turn away from Christianity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
What Philly’s ascension and Sunday night’s rout should remind the Dolphins and other chasers is that the fundamentals of football — offensive and defensive lines — are the starting blocks from which everything else emanates.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
The comedy comes from watching Matt's old school and clearly conservative outlook clash with Riley's more enlightened perspectives, while the pathos emanates from how father and daughter confront the pain of losing the family matriarch to a heart attack while jogging.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2025
As haunting music emanates from behind a red curtain, an emcee emerges and announces that all the sounds are prerecorded; the entire show is an illusion.
—Will Bahr, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Every element in Master Gardener emanates from an honest, unaffected belief that love heals all wounds and that no one, even the absolute worst among us, is beyond saving.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Simon Mainwaring, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
So that the great humanity that Toni emanates just with this face would suffice.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
My love emanates from the small fairy ring of children.
—Ellyn Gaydos
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
This woke bill is just one more example of the moral decay that emanates from Democrats who turn away from Christianity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
What Philly’s ascension and Sunday night’s rout should remind the Dolphins and other chasers is that the fundamentals of football — offensive and defensive lines — are the starting blocks from which everything else emanates.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
The comedy comes from watching Matt's old school and clearly conservative outlook clash with Riley's more enlightened perspectives, while the pathos emanates from how father and daughter confront the pain of losing the family matriarch to a heart attack while jogging.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2025
As haunting music emanates from behind a red curtain, an emcee emerges and announces that all the sounds are prerecorded; the entire show is an illusion.
—Will Bahr, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Every element in Master Gardener emanates from an honest, unaffected belief that love heals all wounds and that no one, even the absolute worst among us, is beyond saving.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanates
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The series radiates warmth, celebrates flawed but generally well-meaning people—particularly men—coming together to learn how to show themselves and those around them the love everyone deserves.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The look radiates warmth and softness.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
25 Sep. 2025
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When pressed and held for three seconds, the Panic Button emits a signal to sound the siren on your Ring Alarm.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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People with lung conditions can’t live without them, but the researchers noted some might be able to switch to an alternative inhaler that emits fewer problematic propellants.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Roofman casts Channing Tatum as Jeffrey Manchester, an Army veteran and father struggling to make ends meet for his family.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Critics say the language used by Miller and in the USCIS job posting signals a hardline approach and casts applicants in a suspicious light, framing them as potentially attempting to exploit the system.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Emanates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emanates. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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