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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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Even outside of the event season, Pismo radiates that classic California charm with wide-open beaches, fresh seafood, and a town that greets everyone with a smile.—
Pismo Beach Conference and Visitor Bureau,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Today, most of Micanopy’s activity radiates from Cholokka Boulevard.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2025
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While those three letters are not going anywhere — Eddie Howe uttered them three times at his pre-Leicester City press conference on Friday — there is another buzzword that fans will hear repeatedly over the next few months.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The harm starts when he is emboldened to utter such nonsense.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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In Grand Junction, the new regime cast a fresh eye on the rare fish.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The eight-episode project also has been quietly casting, with relative newcomer Summer H. Howell (Hunter Hunter) in negotiations for the title character, Carrie White, and Siena Agudong (Resident Evil) set as her nemesis, Sue Snell.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 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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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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Police were expected to release more information later Friday.—
Crimesider Staff,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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With McCaffrey sharing carries with Stewart as a rookie, the Panthers made the playoffs in 2017 before releasing Stewart a couple of months later.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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