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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
GreenGuard Gold: An even more rigorous standard signifying that a product emits less than 220 micrograms per cubic meter in VOCs.
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Doppler radars emit pulses in wavelengths about the size of a baseball.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 30 May 2025
They’re designed with high-efficiency solar panels that automatically turn on and emit a warm white glow at night and turn off at sunrise.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 May 2025
Ammonia concentrations remained more than 100 times the baseline even after the penguins migrated from the area, as the poop left behind continued to emit ammonia, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 May 2025
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Doppler radars emit pulses in wavelengths about the size of a baseball.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 30 May 2025
They’re designed with high-efficiency solar panels that automatically turn on and emit a warm white glow at night and turn off at sunrise.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 May 2025
Ammonia concentrations remained more than 100 times the baseline even after the penguins migrated from the area, as the poop left behind continued to emit ammonia, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emit
Verb
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The primary suite radiates a somber sort of opulence.—
Daniel Cote,
Robb Report,
4 June 2025
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That attitude radiated through each look on the runway, where every model felt like a character in an Autty Simone dreamworld.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
2 June 2025
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The Invisible Pipeline: From Raw Data To AI Responses Before an AI model utters a single word, there's a monumental effort to gather and process its training data.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Around the time the book was contracted, a therapist uttered the word surrender to me, giving my book its lodestar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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Kirkpatrick, whose credits include Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six, resists casting any of her four leads in roles as easy as victim or villain.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Due to advances in casting technology, changes in social conditions and evolutions in regional taste, new fashions in ritual bronze casting arose.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The dark understory of the forest began to glow, a vibration emanating from its depths, rising to the sound of a jet engine.—
Jordan Thomas
May 28,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2025
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Darling at Park Lane New York An air of whimsy emanates through Forbes Travel Guide Recommended Park Lane New York’s 47th-floor rooftop.—
Spencer Whaley,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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After releasing a mobile version of Photoshop on iPhone earlier this year, the promised Android release has finally arrived.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 3,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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Similarly, the requirement for iPadOS 16 means the latest YouTube update won’t run on the iPad Air 2 (released in 2014) and iPad mini 4, first sold in 2015.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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