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as in to radiate
to throw or give off
nuclei that emit gamma rays
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Recent Examples of emit
By comparison, marine ecosystems already cycle more carbon each year than humans emit.
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Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
One option would require universal permitting, meaning every business that emits the five toxics would need a permit, and another proposal would require universal permitting with some exceptions.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Terman says some models of light boxes sold online are either too small or don't emit enough bright light.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Many eyeglasses are sold with special filters to block blue light emitted from digital screens.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
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Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
One option would require universal permitting, meaning every business that emits the five toxics would need a permit, and another proposal would require universal permitting with some exceptions.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Terman says some models of light boxes sold online are either too small or don't emit enough bright light.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Many eyeglasses are sold with special filters to block blue light emitted from digital screens.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emit
Verb
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The sting from the loss radiated off of him during his postgame news conference.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The woman was visibly trembling and radiated the metallic scent of tequila.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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For a whole year, Hersh didn’t utter a single word in his new class, where the teacher recited lessons in modern Hebrew.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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After going viral in June 2024 with a video in Nashville, uttering her signature catchphrase, Welch quickly found representation with The Penthouse management, having since launched her Talk Tuah podcast and announced the upcoming DocTuah documentary about her sudden rise to fame.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bronstein, her every utterance brimming with deadpan passive-aggression, was shrewd to cast herself as one of Linda’s many antagonists.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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The pair met after being cast in a production of Hamlet at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival when Preston was in her mid-to-late 20s and Emerson was nearing 40, Preston explained.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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Bartlett captured the comet's twisting ion tail wax and wane as it was buffeted by the solar wind emanating from our parent star.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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So, despite the bellicose rhetoric often emanating from the White House and Capitol Hill, don’t be surprised if the two sides reach a pragmatic deal.—
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2 Oct. 2025
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According to figures from a housing assessment released this April, the median house value in Fayetteville has grown 275% in the last two decades, and the median gross rent has increased 78%.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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In the lead-up to the tournament, Argentina had played a series of friendlies without him, since Valencia refused to release him.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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