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a flowing or going out
The government is considering some new measures to limit vehicle emissions.
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Recent Examples of emission
After hundreds to thousands of years, the feeding black hole or neutron star falls into the stellar core and destroys it, creating a luminous emission.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Prefabricated homes are also a sustainable alternative to traditional building techniques, cutting down on construction waste, environmental disturbances, transport emissions, and energy inefficiencies.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026
The researchers believe the approach may help improve technologies aimed at capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide as well as emissions from factories and power plants.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Trump’s exemptions give companies an extra two years to comply with updates to nine sets of regulations written under the law’s authority that mandate lower emissions or better monitoring around facilities in specific industries.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 8 May 2026
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Prefabricated homes are also a sustainable alternative to traditional building techniques, cutting down on construction waste, environmental disturbances, transport emissions, and energy inefficiencies.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026
The researchers believe the approach may help improve technologies aimed at capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide as well as emissions from factories and power plants.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Trump’s exemptions give companies an extra two years to comply with updates to nine sets of regulations written under the law’s authority that mandate lower emissions or better monitoring around facilities in specific industries.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emission
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Stockpiles Oil markets are no longer dealing with a flow disruption, but with a rapidly compounding stock shock, according to Kpler.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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The Moon in Aquarius moves through your 3rd House and trines Venus in Gemini, making communication and problem-solving flow naturally.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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In laboratory tests, the battery maintained stable performance for 800 charge-discharge cycles while retaining nearly 82 percent of its original capacity.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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Those charges are related to the discharge of pollutants into Maryland’s Patapsco River, including the shipping containers, their contents, oil and the bridge itself.—
Tom Costello,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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More than twelve thousand people whose trips had already been scheduled had their flights cancelled.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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An American Airlines flight from Miami landed at Chicago's O'Hare Airport with two flat tires.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Thus, in Halifax’s universe, decision making is mostly an emanation of character.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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So Serious, a compilation of Enya edits that distilled the singer’s voice down to a distant emanation.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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Bringing retail investors home Seoul has implemented measures to try and stem outflows, with the country's finance ministry announcing tax breaks for individual investors who sell their foreign holdings.—
Lim Hui Jie,Blair Baek,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Bankers told me that money outflows have not been out of the ordinary.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Emission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emission. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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