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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
At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Buffett’s hometown of Omaha on Saturday, a 17-year-old high school student asked Abel about a Reuters investigation showing that Berkshire’s coal plants emit more nitrogen oxide pollution than those of any other major U.S. company.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
In 2004, a space telescope captured a magnetar — a type of star wrapped in magnetic fields trillions of times as strong as Earth’s — emitting a giant flare.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2025
The Senate on Thursday approved an effort to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule tied to the Clean Air Act and designed to limit seven of the most hazardous air pollutants that are emitted by heavy industry.
—Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 2 May 2025
As a result, many builders will install gas furnaces and water heaters that emit planet-warming carbon pollution.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
In 2004, a space telescope captured a magnetar — a type of star wrapped in magnetic fields trillions of times as strong as Earth’s — emitting a giant flare.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2025
The Senate on Thursday approved an effort to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule tied to the Clean Air Act and designed to limit seven of the most hazardous air pollutants that are emitted by heavy industry.
—Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 2 May 2025
As a result, many builders will install gas furnaces and water heaters that emit planet-warming carbon pollution.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emit
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After nearly two decades in the spotlight, Julianne Hough still radiates an energy that can only be described as electric.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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Such data centers, ideally, would be powered by solar panels and be able to radiate heat into the vacuum of space.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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To say the excitement is palpable would be an understatement — amid the Portuguese, Croatian and Japanese words that The Athletic hears when ambling around the pitch, the word ‘Cristiano’ has been uttered dozens and dozens of times.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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These words, uttered last month in court by defense attorney Arthur L. Aidala during Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York, should make any thinking person in, and outside, Hollywood scream out loud.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Clearly, Pantoliano was cast in this role before casting directors discovered his evil aura.—
Carrie Wittmer,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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By contrast, the March release of Snow White, with Rachel Zegler, a Latina actress, in the lead, put Disney into a bit of a crisis mode amid a loud and emboldened right-wing casting backlash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
18 May 2025
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There was a kind of strength that emanated from them that always impressed me.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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But Trump won’t be able to avoid altogether diplomacy on Gaza or Iran: The Gulf countries hosting him are also interested in easing the regional tensions that emanate from these two places.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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Parliament enacted the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, which was meant to ensure that the king released prisoners when the law did not justify confining them.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This practice involves buzzing next to flowers whose pollen is only released when there is a powerful air current next to their anthers so that pollen can be released to the adjacent female stigmas, facilitating pollination.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
10 May 2025
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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