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as in to radiate
to throw or give off
nuclei that emit gamma rays
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That means dinosaurs may have witnessed the soft evening glow emitted by the bioluminescent insects.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
Tonsil stones give off an unpleasant smell due to the sulfur compounds emitted by the bacteria living on them, explains Klenoff.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Share [Findings] Inland waters are emitting previously unaccounted-for levels of carbon dioxide, and freshwater insects are flourishing even as terrestrial insects are dying off.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The challenge lay not just in creating a white-appearing substance, but in developing a material that would actually emit white light when charged.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
Tonsil stones give off an unpleasant smell due to the sulfur compounds emitted by the bacteria living on them, explains Klenoff.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Share [Findings] Inland waters are emitting previously unaccounted-for levels of carbon dioxide, and freshwater insects are flourishing even as terrestrial insects are dying off.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The challenge lay not just in creating a white-appearing substance, but in developing a material that would actually emit white light when charged.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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In 2013, Daniel Robert, a sensory ecologist at the University of Bristol in England, broke ground in this discipline when his lab discovered that bees can detect and discriminate among electric fields radiating from flowers.Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
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Each performance is an opportunity not just to entertain but to uplift one another, creating an atmosphere of support that radiates from the stage.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
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Incidentally, Gutierrez must surely now hold the show’s record for most f-words emphatically uttered in a single diatribe, and that’s saying something.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Being identified as the guy who uttered a homophobic slur at Kelce in hopes of provoking a reaction won’t produce a good search result when prospective employers Google him one day.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2024
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The gap in votes cast by the mayor’s critics and her supporters could be seen as a kind of backlash to progressive politics in one of California’s most diverse cities.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Alongside the power couple, two Nolan faves have also been cast: Anne Hathaway, who was in both The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar, and Matt Damon, of Interstellar and Oppenheimer.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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But, early on in Game Five, Flaherty was ineffective, New York went ahead by five runs, and Yankee Stadium emanated good cheer.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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These claims have emanated from the top of the ticket and have gone well beyond Texas.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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Both were released on bail and appeared at a bond hearing Thursday.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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The surge follows the album’s two deluxe reissues released in the week ending Oct. 17.Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Emit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emit. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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