as in flow
a flowing or going out
The government is considering some new measures to limit vehicle emissions.
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Recent Examples of emission
If global greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate, Earth’s ice sheets are vulnerable to even more massive rapid ice loss that could substantially raise sea levels.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Google’s greenhouse gas emissions, for instance, have increased 48 percent since 2019, complicating the company’s goals of reaching net zero by 2030.
—Molly Taft, Wired News, 22 May 2025
This indicates that the cloud-building ammonia emissions from penguins may cover even more of coastal Antarctica.
To confirm that the increase in ammonia concentration eventually affected the cloud formation, the team recorded several additional atmospheric measurements during a single day.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
In 2011, the Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit brought by a group of states (including California) against a number of power companies, claiming that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel generated electricity were a public nuisance under federal law.
—Josiah Neeley, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Google’s greenhouse gas emissions, for instance, have increased 48 percent since 2019, complicating the company’s goals of reaching net zero by 2030.
—Molly Taft, Wired News, 22 May 2025
This indicates that the cloud-building ammonia emissions from penguins may cover even more of coastal Antarctica.
To confirm that the increase in ammonia concentration eventually affected the cloud formation, the team recorded several additional atmospheric measurements during a single day.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
In 2011, the Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit brought by a group of states (including California) against a number of power companies, claiming that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel generated electricity were a public nuisance under federal law.
—Josiah Neeley, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emission
Noun
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The studio took a wellness-forward approach to their design, wanting to highlight the connection to water by creating an organic sense of flow between the outdoor and indoor areas, utilizing the same inside and out to create a gentle progression between spaces.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
25 May 2025
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An enhanced sense of flow was brought into the kitchen, where circulation paths were reconfigured and a large marble island was added.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Rodriguez was charged with two counts of first degree murder, one count of murder of foreign officials, one count of causing the death of a person through use of a firearm and one count of discharge of a firearm.—
Helena Skinner,
ABC News,
23 May 2025
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He was charged on Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials, causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.—
May 22,
CBS News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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An All Nippon Airways flight traveling from Tokyo to Houston was diverted to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after a passenger reportedly tried to open the plane's exit doors mid-flight, authorities said.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Did Fielder need to lock the network lawyers assigned to Season 2 inside of Nate’s Lizard Lounge for the duration of the two-hour and 10-minute flight?—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
26 May 2025
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Both shield and shell are created in order to protect the tender flesh within, but a shield is the result of a huge amount of human labor, mining and refining and beating of the hot metal, and a shell is a natural emanation of the beast that builds it.—
Lauren Groff,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2024
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Both shield and shell are created in order to protect the tender flesh within, but a shield is the result of a huge amount of human labor, mining and refining and beating of the hot metal, and a shell is a natural emanation of the beast that builds it.—
Lauren Groff,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2024
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Crucial to unpicking this puzzling relationship between a galaxy and its central black hole, the researchers note, is understanding the nature of the powerful outflows of gas expelled from around black holes like a cosmic wind.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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JPMorgan found Apple led the outflows among single stocks, with retail investors pulling about $400 million in the period.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
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“Emission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emission. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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