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emission

noun

Definition of emissionnext
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 Pantheon plans to reverse the damage by blocking off ditches to control the water table and significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026 The move puts the agency at odds with a California Air Resources Board requirement that all transit agencies operate only zero-emission buses by 2040. — Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Indonesia’s fire emissions last month were the highest recorded in August for the past 24 years, according to Copernicus, the European Union’s climate change service. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 Most people do not regularly recharge their plug-in hybrids, though, leaving them with a heavy battery to lug around adding nothing to propulsion, increasing emissions. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for emission
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emission
  1. flow
  2. discharge
  3. flight
  4. emanation
  5. outflow
Noun
  • The net result is around £229m moving from Stamford Bridge to the Amex Stadium, the largest net transfer flow between any two Premier League clubs.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Project developers can download the HydroGenerate package to run their own feasibility checks with local flow data.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • According to court records, Miller has also been previously convicted of criminal use of a weapon by someone under the age of 18, possession of marijuana and unlawful discharge of a firearm in city limits.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The clog, discovered beneath Jones Island off South Carferry Road, was roughly a half-mile from the pipe’s discharge point into Lake Michigan and contained about 300 cubic yards of debris.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
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  • The aunties play an enormous role in Delbar and Mansur’s outing (and, in ways both positive and painful, in their flight from America and Iran, respectively).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Delays in testing and qualifying Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine and an explosion of the rocket’s Centaur upper stage during a ground test in 2023 eventually pushed Vulcan’s first test flight into early 2024.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Spiritually, His Holiness is an emanation, or tulku, of the bodhisattva Chenrezig, who renounced nirvana to help mankind.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
  • Thus, in Halifax’s universe, decision making is mostly an emanation of character.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of emanation
Noun
  • Each subsequent generation has seen a new outflow of Italians from the neighborhood as children trade in their family apartments and businesses for bigger houses and paychecks elsewhere.
    — Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Financial institutions often reinforce this outflow of value.
    — Wal van Lierop, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of outflow

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“Emission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emission. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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