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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
Citing Philippine Airlines, the outlet reported that the cabin smoke was emitted by one of two air conditioning units.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program documents the amount of carbon dioxide, methane and other climate-warming gases emitted by individual facilities.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2025
The team also performed surgeries on the fish to insert miniature devices that emit sound; those sounds can be picked up by underwater microphones that were placed along the river to track each individual fish.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
The great benefit of hydrogen is that it can be used to generate electricity and heat without emitting carbon dioxide.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program documents the amount of carbon dioxide, methane and other climate-warming gases emitted by individual facilities.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2025
The team also performed surgeries on the fish to insert miniature devices that emit sound; those sounds can be picked up by underwater microphones that were placed along the river to track each individual fish.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
The great benefit of hydrogen is that it can be used to generate electricity and heat without emitting carbon dioxide.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emit
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These typically present as recurring lower abdominal pain that can radiate to the lower back.—
Caitlin Pagán,
Verywell Health,
28 Apr. 2025
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Garden centers that can protect tender plants can tip pots over and cover them with a thick horticultural felt, which gives the plants a few degrees of protection due to the cover blocking frost and trapping some warmth radiating off the ground.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But coarse language is usually uttered privately, behind closed doors.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Phrases and terms that, at one point, held significance to a handful of folks in small, local ecosystems, if uttered by the right standout artist, have the potential to enter the wider cultural lexicon.—
Lawrence Burney,
Pitchfork,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sneider also reported that Keanu Reeves has been cast as a villain in the film.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
24 Apr. 2025
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At the time, Sandoval, 42, was in a long-term relationship with fellow Vanderpump cast member and live-in girlfriend Ariana Madix.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Many of the zero-day exploits flagged for iPhone and Android devices in the last year have emanated from the forensic exploit world, and so this update is deemed critical.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The faster, weaker winds emanating from this white dwarf likely swept up the earlier, slower-moving material, forming clumpy, filamentary rings that are extremely faint and only visible in infrared light, according to the statement.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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August reservations will be released on July 1 and so on.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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No other information about the incident was released.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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