emissions

plural of emission

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of emissions The spacecraft carry sensors that can measure emissions from specific facilities on the ground. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 Decisions about industrial policy, infrastructure, public spending, and competition increasingly have to account not only for emissions but climate risk. — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026 The company remains one of the world’s largest automakers and carries the legacy of Dieselgate, the emissions-cheating scandal that cost it billions of dollars in fines, settlements and other penalties. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 But his plan largely extends an agenda of emissions cuts and financing tropical forests. — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The project will introduce machinery that ADB expects to save about 4,840 megawatt-hours of electricity and avoid about 2,222 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions annually. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 The separate rule proposed last month could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. — Mathew Daly, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 With natural gas prices soaring, burning coal for power generation has become more profitable than natural gas in major European power markets like Germany, even after accounting for higher carbon emissions costs. — CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emissions
Noun
  • About 20% of the world's oil flows throw the strait, and Iran's ability to block the flow of tankers has roiled the global economy, sending oil prices soaring.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • FlyDubai, the lower-cost sister carrier of Emirates airlines, said its flights to and from Israel would be suspended while an investigation takes place.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Targeting practical industrial tasks The initial flights used only one battery pack, but the internal bay can hold two.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In conventional lithium-sulfur batteries, each sulfur atom exchanges two electrons as the battery charges and discharges.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • That means there are fewer people left to make sure labs and clean rooms pass all the required safety checks during tests that involve extreme temperatures, pressures and electrical discharges.
    — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Chen said that the breach had been contained, preventing further unauthorized outflows.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This is region where the outflows of matter driven by intense magnetic fields collide with winds heated by energy-carrying neutrinos.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Emissions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emissions. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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