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Recent Examples of effluence
The environment struggles with effluence from ground sources and pollution in general that pours into the Bay.
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Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant.
—Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
Water runoff and control, water quality and effluence, education, water reuse and water conservation, also continue to be priorities in the village’s water management plan.
—Brian L. Cox, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
So many words, words upon words, the effluence of the dialogue being the show’s draw, as well as one of its drawbacks.
—Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
Among the problems caused by the island's long-running tourism boom is unregulated development and pipes carrying raw effluence directly into the sea.
—Euan McKirdy, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
Angel and his team hit the main control rooms: flat-screen computers monitoring effluence, water quality, chemical inputs, pump efficiency—
—Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015
Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant.
—Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
Water runoff and control, water quality and effluence, education, water reuse and water conservation, also continue to be priorities in the village’s water management plan.
—Brian L. Cox, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
So many words, words upon words, the effluence of the dialogue being the show’s draw, as well as one of its drawbacks.
—Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
Among the problems caused by the island's long-running tourism boom is unregulated development and pipes carrying raw effluence directly into the sea.
—Euan McKirdy, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
Angel and his team hit the main control rooms: flat-screen computers monitoring effluence, water quality, chemical inputs, pump efficiency—
—Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effluence
Noun
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Trump has also repeatedly used executive orders to deregulate fossil fuel use, such as by rolling back Biden-era limits on tailpipe emissions, and decrease immigration by, among other things, directing U.S. military troops to the southern border.—
Laura Doan,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Witnessing the onset of reionization through Lyman-α emission at redshift 13.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Both shield and shell are created in order to protect the tender flesh within, but a shield is the result of a huge amount of human labor, mining and refining and beating of the hot metal, and a shell is a natural emanation of the beast that builds it.—
Lauren Groff,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2024
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Lacking this, other than emanations and penumbras, how exactly are bond prices supposed to measure NRSRO ratings in basis points?—
Barnet Sherman,
Forbes,
17 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Highlight Investor Doubts Further complicating the picture are the significant outflows from bitcoin ETFs, which saw near-record withdrawals of $1 billion.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the public markets, U.S. ESG funds experienced outflows every quarter last year, according to a report from investment research firm Morningstar.—
Justin Worland,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Nor can trials easily restart, if the flow of money picks back up.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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Social and political changes abroad disrupt markets and hurt the flow of goods between countries.—
Simon Dae Oong Kim,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Below, James chats with THR about finding out her character was losing her job and why the outpouring of support for Ava was personally vindicating.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2025
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Amid an outpouring of condolences and offers of help from neighboring countries, the detention of 15 people has focused attention on corruption in the tiny Balkan nation.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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State of play: A group of right-wing House Freedom Caucus members held up an unrelated procedural vote Tuesday to force a conversation with leadership about their concerns regarding the discharge petition.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
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He was also charged with one count of robbery and one count of discharge of a firearm during the commission of a violent felony.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Effluence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effluence. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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