EMANATION Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

emanation

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Definition of emanation

as in emission

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Recent Examples of emanation In 2015, for instance, Tel Aviv University researchers demonstrated a radio spying device that could steal information from a computer based on the electromagnetic emanations of its processor from a couple of feet away. — Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 4 Mar. 2026 From presence as performance to loving presence as emanation. — Gregory Stebbins, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026 Another way of saying this is that the radiant or emanation point of most meteor showers appears highest in the sky before dawn. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Dec. 2025 This perhaps had something to do with the curious luminance of the boy’s face, as in paintings of saints, as though the glow were the emanation of grace. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emanation

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Recycled cement waste can be fed into the plasma process as a raw material, and potentially cut both waste and carbon emissions.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Fleet operators acknowledged that some drivers have been apprehensive to make the leap to zero-emission trucks because the technology is new and charging can be a challenge.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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However, rising yields elsewhere prompt deposit outflows, forcing banks to increase funding costs.

— Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The discovery reveals what happens when the supermassive black hole engines that power these vast, blooming outflows of plasma stall.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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Electrical impulses carry our messages across those routes, with synapses serving as intersections, and chemical signals helping control the flow of traffic.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
The design effects have a theatricality that suits the classical-style score and the storytelling flow of the narrative.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

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