as in radiating
to throw or give off
honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent
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Recent Examples of emanating
Glover could feel the love emanating from our pale blue dot, defying distance.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Some of the craters have prominent rays emanating from their center.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
To be of much use to radio astronomers, any spaceborne observatory would need to be exquisitely sensitive—so sensitive, in fact, that its observations would be inevitably swamped by telecommunications emanating from Earth.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
But the loud complaints about the Iran war emanating from the far right are not insignificant — for instance, from podcasters Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly and political journals like The American Conservative.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
That change is real, and the transformation of software engineering jobs explains much of the current panic emanating from Silicon Valley.
—Omar Abbosh, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
That's because the radio waves are emanating over a wider range of directions rather than just in a narrow cone from the poles.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The war has sharpened that contest, by showing once again how vulnerable the global economy is to shocks emanating from the Middle East.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
That thud emanating from Spectrum Center could be damaging.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Some of the craters have prominent rays emanating from their center.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
To be of much use to radio astronomers, any spaceborne observatory would need to be exquisitely sensitive—so sensitive, in fact, that its observations would be inevitably swamped by telecommunications emanating from Earth.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
But the loud complaints about the Iran war emanating from the far right are not insignificant — for instance, from podcasters Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly and political journals like The American Conservative.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
That change is real, and the transformation of software engineering jobs explains much of the current panic emanating from Silicon Valley.
—Omar Abbosh, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
That's because the radio waves are emanating over a wider range of directions rather than just in a narrow cone from the poles.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The war has sharpened that contest, by showing once again how vulnerable the global economy is to shocks emanating from the Middle East.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
That thud emanating from Spectrum Center could be damaging.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanating
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That distinction falls to Becky Shaw (Madeline Brewer), an office worker whom Max is set up with by Suzanna and her sweet but dull husband Andrew (Patrick Ball, radiating kindness).—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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The eclipse won’t be visible from Earth — only from the Orion capsule — treating the astronauts to several minutes’ worth of views of the sun’s outermost, radiating atmosphere, the corona.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The wells are not capped and vulnerable to leaking and emitting.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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If true, the pair should eventually start emitting extremely low-frequency gravitational waves that are detectable—providing even more evidence of the astounding meetup.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
8 Apr. 2026
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Tucker picked up the heavy-duty custom bait-casting rod and put his 90-pound body to work battling the deep cat.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
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Does this mean that you guys will finally be casting the role of Roman next season?—
Max Gao,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Buckingham was briefly detained while a dozen police officers searched the premises before determining his son was safe and releasing the musician from custody.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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In these decays, an atom of one element transforms into another while releasing its remaining energy in the form of an electron.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Emanating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emanating. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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