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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
Verb
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To this day, people come up to him and quote phrases his character used to utter.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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So Schwarber stood there, all right, uttering phrases no player on any team ever wants to utter during this time of year.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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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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This and that Four Dolphins who were released by the team in August had workouts or visits elsewhere on Friday.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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Though the administration has released batches of files to the House Oversight Committee, Democrats point out that most of the information provided to the committee had already been public knowledge.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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