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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
Mud volcanoes ooze liquified brown sediment and emit shimmering curtains of methane bubbles.
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Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Such initiatives are crucial for understanding how our home star emits radiation, a life-and-death concern for human spaceflight missions — particularly for trips to the moon, as NASA is pursuing with the Artemis program, or Mars.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
The telescope, known as the Near-Earth Object Surveyor, will detect infrared light or heat being emitted by elusive asteroids and comets.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Its root system emits a toxic chemical called juglone.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 Apr. 2026
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Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Such initiatives are crucial for understanding how our home star emits radiation, a life-and-death concern for human spaceflight missions — particularly for trips to the moon, as NASA is pursuing with the Artemis program, or Mars.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
The telescope, known as the Near-Earth Object Surveyor, will detect infrared light or heat being emitted by elusive asteroids and comets.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Its root system emits a toxic chemical called juglone.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emit
Verb
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Administrator Crystal Ruth switches on dozens of heat lamps that radiate a yellow hue to warm at least 80 disabled, abandoned or formerly abused animals that call the rescue home.—
Julian Camejo,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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In the following months, painful shocks radiated through her chest and back.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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My birds across the hollow had not uttered a note.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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To utter a mantra is to effect change in the world and invoke, praise, or contemplate upon a deity.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While the lunar far side will be only partially lit during the flyby, the lighting is set to cast long shadows that highlight craters, ridges, and slopes in greater detail.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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After some rain earlier in the day, a magnificent sunset broke through the clouds and cast a rainbow into the sky.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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The war has sharpened that contest, by showing once again how vulnerable the global economy is to shocks emanating from the Middle East.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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That thud emanating from Spectrum Center could be damaging.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 2024, the Pentagon released hundreds of reports of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The cause of the woman's death has not yet been determined, and police have not released her name.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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