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as in radiated
to throw or give off
nuclei that emit gamma rays
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as in uttered
to send forth using the vocal chords
I was so scared I couldn't emit a peep
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Recent Examples of emitted
Smoke control The amount of smoke emitted by a cocktail smoker is typically controlled by a dial located on the side of the device.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Light emitted from neutron stars, meanwhile, bears a resemblance, but doesn’t perfectly fit the signal shown in the simulations.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Astronomers started discovering objects that emitted powerful radio waves but, unlike most Seyfert galaxies, were very faint in visible light.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
Effects on the human body The nuclear radiation emitted when radium and other elements decay can damage the cells in the human body.
—Kelling Donald, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Next, the researchers studied it using the X-shooter spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope, which can capture different wavelengths of light emitted by an object ranging from ultraviolet to near-infrared.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Many eyeglasses are sold with special filters to block blue light emitted from digital screens.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
With a cold-atom vacuum sensor, the quantity of each element emitted into the vacuum can be detected on the fly, greatly speeding up the process.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Light emitted from neutron stars, meanwhile, bears a resemblance, but doesn’t perfectly fit the signal shown in the simulations.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Astronomers started discovering objects that emitted powerful radio waves but, unlike most Seyfert galaxies, were very faint in visible light.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
Effects on the human body The nuclear radiation emitted when radium and other elements decay can damage the cells in the human body.
—Kelling Donald, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Next, the researchers studied it using the X-shooter spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope, which can capture different wavelengths of light emitted by an object ranging from ultraviolet to near-infrared.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Many eyeglasses are sold with special filters to block blue light emitted from digital screens.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
With a cold-atom vacuum sensor, the quantity of each element emitted into the vacuum can be detected on the fly, greatly speeding up the process.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emitted
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The science author Stuart Clark notes that the concept was nonsensical to contemporary scientists, who assumed that magnetism could not break free from a magnet and that the Sun’s energy radiated equally across its surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The self-reflective tone marks a thematic shift for a band whose debut radiated a cool irony, pulling emotional punches in favor of observations centered around mid-20s delusion.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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The monastery is central to the story, and its elder—named Zosima in the novel—comforts a woman who has lost her child, aged two years and nine months, with words that echo those uttered by Ambrose.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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As Carrington uttered those words after practice on Wednesday, Middleton was about to get on a stationary bike to keep his legs loose.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their name has not yet been released by officials.—
Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Plans for a fourth film, set to be released in 2011, never crystallized.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Here, The Athletic casts an eye over the key performers to spot any future stars.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The new product casts OpenAI as a contender in this generation’s brewing browser wars.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Based on past animal studies, Stephan and her team hypothesized that this slow wave emanated from a spot deep in the brain.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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Crowley later played the romantic interest of Lloyd Bridges on the 1975-76 CBS cop drama Joe Forrester, which emanated from an episode of the anthology series Police Story, and recurred as Emily Fallmont during the sixth season of the ABC primetime soap Dynasty in 1986.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
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According to city code, liquor licenses may not be issued within 500 feet of a church or school (other than temporary licenses).—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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If there is a potential for temperatures to fall into these thresholds, a freeze watch may be issued a few days ahead of time.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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When Matthieu took his bow, Paris exhaled — not just in relief, but in recognition.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Emitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emitted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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