emissions

plural of emission

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Recent Examples of emissions People can donate clean costumes and pick a new one, reducing waste and the resources and emissions required to make new ones. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 As the industry kept growing, Congress added safety, noise and emissions standards to protect the communities living beneath the flight paths. — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Those initiatives included bold greenhouse gas reduction targets and the nation-leading cap-and-invest program, which forces large polluters to pay for their share of planet-warming emissions. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Once up there and commissioned, the satellites will scan the globe for radio frequency (RF) emissions. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The company also estimates that NOx emissions can be cut by 85 percent, and sulfur oxide emissions (SOx) can be eliminated entirely. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 But at Edgar Thomson, fine-particle emissions would increase by more than 40%. — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The extra heat trapped around Earth by greenhouse gas emissions allows temperatures during these events to scale even higher, increasing the risks to health. — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026 At most, the emissions of plasma crashing into our atmosphere might paint the sky in pretty shades of green or pink. — Mike McRae 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 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
  • The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified Boeing’s 737 MAX 10, the largest aircraft in the 737 MAX family, following a testing program involving nearly 1,000 flights and more than 2,000 flight hours.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Riyadh airport is now open to traffic with prior permission, but passenger flights have yet to resume and most airlines have canceled services until anywhere from next week to next year.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The groups are calling for potential polluters to notify treatment facilities about PFAS in their discharges, a phaseout of PFAS use, and restrictions on industrial discharges into rivers and sewage treatment plants.
    — Rashad Williams, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In conventional lithium-sulfur batteries, each sulfur atom exchanges two electrons as the battery charges and discharges.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • India has been hit with record outflows by foreign investors from its equity markets.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
  • In May and June, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $7 billion in outflows, according to data from analytics platform SoSoValue.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Emissions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emissions. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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