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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
With a cold-atom vacuum sensor, the quantity of each element emitted into the vacuum can be detected on the fly, greatly speeding up the process.
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Many electric vehicles emit radiation due to their unique designs.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Ultrasonic Devices Generally silent to human ears, ultrasonic devices emit a high-frequency sound that rats can’t stand.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
Peacock tail feathers can be treated to emit laser beams.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Many electric vehicles emit radiation due to their unique designs.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Ultrasonic Devices Generally silent to human ears, ultrasonic devices emit a high-frequency sound that rats can’t stand.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
Peacock tail feathers can be treated to emit laser beams.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emit
Verb
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The series radiates warmth, celebrates flawed but generally well-meaning people—particularly men—coming together to learn how to show themselves and those around them the love everyone deserves.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The stars will all burn out; the corpses of these stars will radiate all their heat away and cool to absolute zero; the stellar remnants will gravitationally interact, ejecting the majority of objects into intergalactic space, while the few remaining black holes grow to enormous sizes.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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My patients began to make different health choices and to question their prior ones almost as soon as the words were uttered.—
Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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The first words Mariah Carey utters on her 16th studio album are quintessential diva.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Andrew Garfield was originally cast as the creature but dropped out in January 2024 due to scheduling conflicts.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mriya, which was slated to fly over Venice carrying a hard drive with a database including information on all the participating artists, casting a fleeting shadow over the Giardini.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, a team of scientists claimed the amount of methane emanating from Enceladus’ plumes raises the possibility that life exists in the moon’s subsurface ocean.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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They’re called the Orionids because the meteors appear to emanate from the general direction of the constellation Orion but will appear all over the sky.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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Baker escorted Skeet to Winkler County jail where he was booked and released on $20,000 bail.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Both were in theatres for only a week or so, before being released on the platform.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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