EMISSION Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

emission

noun

Definition of emission

as in flow

a flowing or going out The government is considering some new measures to limit vehicle emissions.

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Recent Examples of emission The air board started working with Carbon Mapper last spring to pinpoint methane emissions. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The battery-electric FLIRT represents a new generation of zero-emission rail technology. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026 The apparel division aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 In a scenario with very high emissions, our results show a potential faster domino effect. — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for emission

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Noun

Water therefore keeps flowing in at the edge and out through the center as vapor, and that steady flow is what generates the current.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
Cool a material below a critical temperature, and electrons pair up and enter a state that lets electricity flow without resistance.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of flow

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Crank is not one of the four Republicans who have signed the second discharge petition.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
The court recognized that an employer’s authority to terminate an at-will employee can be limited when a discharge violates fundamental public policy.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of discharge

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The Israeli Foreign Ministry said most of the people aboard the flight were from Israel, along with others from India and the UAE.

— DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after passengers stormed the cockpit and wrenched back controlfrom the attacker, who Israeli officials suspect was trying to crash the plane.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of flight

Noun

These measures did not stem the outflow of roughly 100,000 specialists—about a tenth of Russia’s tech workforce—over the course of 2022.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
In May and June, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $7 billion in outflows, according to data from analytics platform SoSoValue.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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