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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 emissions
Outdoor air quality — emissions, fumes and odors — was the top concern cited by nearly two-thirds of respondents.
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Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Changing worldwide diets alone could lead to a 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, because the production of meat, particularly red meat, requires releasing a lot of planet-warming gases, researchers concluded.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Many wineries have decided to switch to lighter wine bottles to reduce CO2 emissions and the use of renewable energy is finally becoming commonplace.
—Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
An independent third-party life cycle assessment (LCA) determined manufacturing one kilogram of Regen Ocean nylon reduced carbon emissions by 51 percent, compared to production of one kilogram of conventional nylon.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
The system reduced gasoline use and greenhouse gas emissions by making use of places where cars were already parked.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Another has been Trane’s repositioning itself as a partner in its customers’ sustainability strategies — even as the emissions from heating and air conditioning split consumers and political leaders.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Aerosol emissions have declined globally—partly from efforts to reduce pollution from global shipping—but absent any unified policy framework for reductions, levels could easily surge back.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
To reduce transport emissions, the resort sources many of its ingredients locally, which is denoted with the initials LS on menus.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Changing worldwide diets alone could lead to a 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, because the production of meat, particularly red meat, requires releasing a lot of planet-warming gases, researchers concluded.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Many wineries have decided to switch to lighter wine bottles to reduce CO2 emissions and the use of renewable energy is finally becoming commonplace.
—Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
An independent third-party life cycle assessment (LCA) determined manufacturing one kilogram of Regen Ocean nylon reduced carbon emissions by 51 percent, compared to production of one kilogram of conventional nylon.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
The system reduced gasoline use and greenhouse gas emissions by making use of places where cars were already parked.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Another has been Trane’s repositioning itself as a partner in its customers’ sustainability strategies — even as the emissions from heating and air conditioning split consumers and political leaders.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Aerosol emissions have declined globally—partly from efforts to reduce pollution from global shipping—but absent any unified policy framework for reductions, levels could easily surge back.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
To reduce transport emissions, the resort sources many of its ingredients locally, which is denoted with the initials LS on menus.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emissions
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From Monday, September 29, through Friday, October 3, all civilian drone flights are prohibited in Danish airspace in connection with the EU summit.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The flights and the visas and the stage advancing, none of it was done.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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The duration of cyanobacterial blooms is increasing due to climate change and nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff and sewage discharges.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Nominate it as one of America's Top Workplaces There’s not a complete picture of official data surrounding PIPs, but per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 415,000 layoffs and discharges in the professional and business services sectors in July of 2025.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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This accelerated pace of stellar birth powers immense outflows of gas and fuels the growth of super star clusters at its core, which contain hundreds of thousands of stars and shine far brighter than typical star clusters.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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However, Hong Kong equities saw a small net sell from Mainland investors, as the Hong Kong Tracker ETF experienced significant outflows.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Emissions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emissions. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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