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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
This often leads to limited access to amenities and long car trips for basic errands that ultimately result in higher transportation emissions, especially in low-density neighborhoods.
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Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Cleaner in-state production paired with modernized refining could reduce global emissions and stabilize supply, but policy barriers continue to stand in the way.
—Suzette Valladares, Oc Register, 15 Feb. 2026
As cities push to cut carbon emissions, buildings are under growing pressure to use less energy while still keeping people comfortable.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
The regulations that resulted cover everything from vehicle tailpipe emissions to the release of greenhouse gases from power plants and other significant emission sources.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Karacasu Tekstil did its part, launching its Spinnovation collection of yarns that use half as much water and produce half as many carbon emissions.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Companies also routinely disclose their carbon emissions because of investor pressure, consumer demand and initiatives like the Carbon Disclosure Project.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Summit has proposed capturing CO2 emissions from dozens of ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska, liquefying it under pressure and transporting it via the pipeline to North Dakota, to sequester it deep underground.
—Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Instead, the climate is influenced by the intricate balance between carbon emissions from Earth's surface and how they get trapped in sediments on the seafloor.
—Ben Mather, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Cleaner in-state production paired with modernized refining could reduce global emissions and stabilize supply, but policy barriers continue to stand in the way.
—Suzette Valladares, Oc Register, 15 Feb. 2026
As cities push to cut carbon emissions, buildings are under growing pressure to use less energy while still keeping people comfortable.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
The regulations that resulted cover everything from vehicle tailpipe emissions to the release of greenhouse gases from power plants and other significant emission sources.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Karacasu Tekstil did its part, launching its Spinnovation collection of yarns that use half as much water and produce half as many carbon emissions.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Companies also routinely disclose their carbon emissions because of investor pressure, consumer demand and initiatives like the Carbon Disclosure Project.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Summit has proposed capturing CO2 emissions from dozens of ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska, liquefying it under pressure and transporting it via the pipeline to North Dakota, to sequester it deep underground.
—Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Instead, the climate is influenced by the intricate balance between carbon emissions from Earth's surface and how they get trapped in sediments on the seafloor.
—Ben Mather, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emissions
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Near vacant hotels have been shuttered and flights from Russia and Canada canceled as there is not enough jet fuel on the island for longer international flights.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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The winds also gusted as high as 43 mph at San Diego International Airport, delaying 246 flights, and whipped up ocean waves that are expected to reach the 9- to 12-foot range this week at local beaches, potentially causing beach erosion.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The implication is that would also push out the date for automatic discharges of applicable student loans to be after July 2027, as well.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Similar language changes were made to soften restrictions on groundwater discharges, and protections for the environment.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
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There’s a dusty cloud surrounding the central, contracting star, and that cloud is strongly suspected to be disk-like, with outflows and gaps in the dust in the two directions perpendicular to the disk.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Emissions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emissions. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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