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Recent Examples of emanation
Another way of saying this is that the radiant or emanation point of most meteor showers appears highest in the sky before dawn.
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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
The Dalai Lama himself is believed by his followers to be an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist god of compassion.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 July 2025
And the near-vacuum of space is filled with low-level ambient radio emanations, known as cosmic noise, which come from distant quasars, the sun, and the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
—Sven Bilén, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2020
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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
The Dalai Lama himself is believed by his followers to be an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist god of compassion.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 July 2025
And the near-vacuum of space is filled with low-level ambient radio emanations, known as cosmic noise, which come from distant quasars, the sun, and the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
—Sven Bilén, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanation
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The state attorneys union filed a lawsuit against departments on Friday, arguing that California agencies did not comply with the state’s signature environmental law when directing workers to return to government offices, which will result in more carbon emissions from commuters.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
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These are emission nebulae, or clouds of ionized gas that emit light.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
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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
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Rather than focusing on current losses and cash outflows, Cramer argued that many investors are buying into Elon Musk's long-term vision and a pipeline of projects that may take years to fully materialize.—
Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
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One natural guess is that galaxies above the critical mass simply lose more of their normal matter to outflows from supernovas and active galactic nuclei.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
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At the heart of this experience is the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary, a 3,000-acre preserve, where center director Marcos Stoltzfus and his team serve as planners and guides, coordinating both conservation efforts and the flow of tens of thousands of visitors each season.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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The converter manages the flow of electricity between the battery and the vehicle's various electrical systems.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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And then second of all, to just feel the outpouring.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
9 June 2026
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In both residential areas, the tragedies were met with an outpouring of shock, grief and demands for answers.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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“Emanation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emanation. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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