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Recent Examples of emanation
From presence as performance to loving presence as emanation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
2 July 2025
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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
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
See All Example Sentences for emanation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanation
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The latter delivers a 36% reduction in associated CO2 emissions.
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Citgo is asking for carbon monoxide emissions standards to be loosened for certain larger boilers and heaters at the Lemont refinery during periods of startup and shutdown, Citgo lawyer Melissa Brown said in an opening statement.
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The environment struggles with effluence from ground sources and pollution in general that pours into the Bay.
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All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.
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Even so, leftover storm outflow could trigger a few new storms later this afternoon and evening.
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The net effect on the won has been downward, because the outflows have been the larger force.
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He Tingbo has explained the logic through the example of Dujiangyan, the ancient irrigation system in Sichuan that solved a water-distribution problem by redirecting flow rather than overpowering it.
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Changes can be large enough to make a well flow at land surface, or to cause a well to go dry near an earthquake.
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Scientists who have studied behavior after mass traumas say, disasters can spark an outpouring of kindness and form powerful bonds between strangers.
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The painter’s death was greeted with an outpouring of tributes from around the globe.
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“Emanation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emanation. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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