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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
Its wider, slightly belled tulip also softens the rough alcohol emanations that the Glencairn enhances.
—Tom Mylan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 May 2025
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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
Its wider, slightly belled tulip also softens the rough alcohol emanations that the Glencairn enhances.
—Tom Mylan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanation
Noun
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The lower-energy emission signal did not originate from the material’s uniform crystal structure, but from small structural defects.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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Hennepin County conducted a study on HERC's air emissions in 2021 with Barr Engineering.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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
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Energy and industrial names led the selling, with heavy outflows from Exxon Mobil , Chevron and Occidental Petroleum .—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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That could explain, in part, why counties like Arapahoe and Denver are seeing such large domestic outflows.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Crews also removed a wooden timber debris screen in front of one of the dam's gates to help increase water flow through it.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Another work from this era, Veterans Day (2016), features a flow of musical notes that surround a framed newspaper article about the conviction of Muhammad Ali for refusing to fight in the American war in Vietnam and an old photograph of soldiers raising their fists.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The dog pulled from the pipe, nicknamed Miracle by animal control officers, has become the face of a case that prompted an outpouring of community support.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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How the Community Is Rallying Around the Dogs The Facebook post drew an outpouring of support from community members moved by the rescue story.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Emanation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emanation. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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