emanation

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for emanation
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Noun
  • And the one company that always came under the emissions limits and had credits to sell was Tesla, since all of its vehicles are electric.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • Miami-Dade and Broward spent $126 million on a fleet of electric buses from a company called Proterra to cut climate-warming emissions and save residents money on fuel.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • The environment struggles with effluence from ground sources and pollution in general that pours into the Bay.
    Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.
    TIME, TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • About 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise per week improves blood flow, lowers stress and supports collagen production, per the Skinspan roadmap.
    Allison Palmer Updated June 13, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
  • Daly says the hotel installs flow limiters at the sinks, where a softer stream does not bother anyone shaving or washing up.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • And then second of all, to just feel the outpouring.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
  • 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 14 Jun. 2026.

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