1
as in expelled
to let or force out of the lungs
before answering, the suspect exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke
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as in radiated
to throw or give off
the lilacs were exhaling a sweet fragrance that virtually filled the room
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Recent Examples of exhaled
Woodbury players exhaled with jubilation; a few Eagan players fell to their knees.
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Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
When Matthieu took his bow, Paris exhaled — not just in relief, but in recognition.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
When police removed his key fob from his hand, Raibley allegedly exhaled and cursed, court documents said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
When Matthieu took his bow, Paris exhaled — not just in relief, but in recognition.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
When police removed his key fob from his hand, Raibley allegedly exhaled and cursed, court documents said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhaled
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Gordy Heminger, president and chief executive officer of the Alpha Sigma Phi International Fraternity, confirmed to The Asbury Park Press its members at the New Jersey university would be expelled from the organization.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Toronto taxed Snell, the two-time Cy Young award winner, and expelled him from the game in the sixth, feasting on his underwhelming replacements.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The science author Stuart Clark notes that the concept was nonsensical to contemporary scientists, who assumed that magnetism could not break free from a magnet and that the Sun’s energy radiated equally across its surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The self-reflective tone marks a thematic shift for a band whose debut radiated a cool irony, pulling emotional punches in favor of observations centered around mid-20s delusion.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Optical atomic clocks, which are considered the timekeepers of the future, use the precise, stable microwave frequency emitted by the vibrations of cesium or other atoms to keep time with extreme accuracy.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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Only a small fraction—less than 10 percent—of an earthquake’s energy is emitted as seismic waves.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Their name has not yet been released by officials.—
Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Plans for a fourth film, set to be released in 2011, never crystallized.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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While this violation enrages the village’s women, the men who make up the Panchayat (village council) try and fail to cast her out of town.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Only Martin — cast as a Dickensian wretch by Bonitzer’s legion of myopic elites, but always quietly acting against type — reserves the right to determine his own worth.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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Based on past animal studies, Stephan and her team hypothesized that this slow wave emanated from a spot deep in the brain.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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Crowley later played the romantic interest of Lloyd Bridges on the 1975-76 CBS cop drama Joe Forrester, which emanated from an episode of the anthology series Police Story, and recurred as Emily Fallmont during the sixth season of the ABC primetime soap Dynasty in 1986.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
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According to city code, liquor licenses may not be issued within 500 feet of a church or school (other than temporary licenses).—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Eight years on, FII has evolved from a stage for shock-and-awe reveals into a reflection of Saudi Arabia’s maturing economic strategy, and of Public Investment Fund’s (PIF) central role in driving it.—
Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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His entrepreneurial leap, Soloclusión, started as a digital library and evolved into a global stage where the world’s leading orthodontists and emerging voices converge.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Exhaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhaled. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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