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Recent Examples of emanation
But the social media ecosystem has obliterated just about every taboo, and from the twin toilets of the internet known as Twitter and TikTok, a ghastly emanation has arisen to challenge the conventional wisdom about food’s place in the bathroom.
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Jonathan Dale / The Takeout, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
Like the journey to Mecca, which started as a pre-Islamic pilgrimage common to many tribes of the Arabian Peninsula, this fiesta is at bottom an emanation of Andean culture.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
All the same, his complaint-ish emanations existed and persisted in the smoky air between us.
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Yet one of the immediately noticeable qualities of 25-year-old Matteo Bocelli is an innate serenity, a perfect emanation of those polite manners that contributed to making his father Andrea Bocelli an icon of music and style famous in Italy and around the world.
—Billboard Italy, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
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Jonathan Dale / The Takeout, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
Like the journey to Mecca, which started as a pre-Islamic pilgrimage common to many tribes of the Arabian Peninsula, this fiesta is at bottom an emanation of Andean culture.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
All the same, his complaint-ish emanations existed and persisted in the smoky air between us.
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Yet one of the immediately noticeable qualities of 25-year-old Matteo Bocelli is an innate serenity, a perfect emanation of those polite manners that contributed to making his father Andrea Bocelli an icon of music and style famous in Italy and around the world.
—Billboard Italy, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanation
Noun
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Meanwhile, the United States has made incredible strides to reduce carbon emissions.—
Toby Overdorf,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2025
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The active stratovolcano is known for its frequent and persistent eruptions and volcanic activity in the region can range from explosive eruptions to lava flows and ash emissions, USGS says.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The environment struggles with effluence from ground sources and pollution in general that pours into the Bay.—
Louise Schiavone,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2024
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All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.—
TIME,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2024
Noun
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This increase was due to higher cash outflows related to lease terminations and restructuring costs.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
12 Feb. 2025
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The party is over for U.S. sustainable fund managers, who saw record outflows from the asset class in 2024.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That coincided with the Thomas fire and devastating Montecito debris flow that followed.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Los Angeles is particularly vulnerable to the dangerous impact of the storms, given the burn scars from the recent wildfires, which are prone to debris flows.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The outpouring of reaction to the video demonstrates how emotionally resonant animal behavior can be.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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There was a notable absence amid the outpouring of love, laughs and tears from Rickey’s family, friends, fellow ballplayers and fans.—
Jon Becker,
The Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Emanation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emanation. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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