emanating

verb

present participle of emanate
as in radiating
to throw or give off honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent

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Recent Examples of emanating The images also show bright and dark streaks emanating from the crater. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026 Still, the most potent answer to the inquisitorial impulses emanating from Prussian Königsberg came from the French philosopher Benjamin Constant. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 With Wilson and third-year forward Matas Buzelis in the frontcourt, along with all the Bulls’ offseason changes, there’s a curiosity emanating from Chicago that wasn’t there a year ago. — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Pair that with a defensive line that will at least get some push, and a secondary that is emanating confidence, and the potential for a big year-over-year turnaround is there. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 Videos from local television stations show plumes of smoke emanating from the jet as emergency responders arrived at the scene. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 31 July 2026 This aerial photograph shows smoke emanating from the wildfire north of the Arcachon basin, with a view of a beach and the Atlantic Ocean near Lege-Cap-Ferret, southwestern France, on July 24, 2026. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 29 July 2026 The irony is that an initiative emanating from the American president’s family would trigger such a powerful immune response. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 Couldn’t even flee to the Northwoods to escape the ecological dangers of the smoke emanating from Canadian and Minnesota forest fires. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanating
  1. radiating
  2. emitting
  3. casting
  4. releasing
Verb
  • The map shows other towers close by, each radiating a string that is fastened to the map when other towers radio in readings.
    — Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The first breathtaking photos of totality for the total solar eclipse 2026 are pouring in, revealing incredible views of the sun's atmosphere radiating out from behind the moon's colossal silhouette.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of radiating
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  • In March and April 2025, the researchers pointed IXPE at 1E 1547-5408, a magnetar that spins once every two seconds and is unusual among its kind for steadily emitting radio waves.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There is also a record that staff there was improperly emitting particles through their smokestack.
    — Dave Savini, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of emitting
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  • Good writing can't hide a company trying to be all things to all people or one casting a wide net out of fear.
    — Andrew Kokes, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Deadline was first with the news in April that Hercule was in the works, and then the Bluemel casting in June.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of casting
Verb
  • Marked by high highs and low lows, the path of Men at Work was brisk, with the group releasing three albums in about four years before breaking up in 1986.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • If Pyburn did attempt to go back to college without the Buccaneers releasing him, Tampa Bay would retain his NFL rights.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of releasing

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