effluence
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In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
So many words, words upon words, the effluence of the dialogue being the show’s draw, as well as one of its drawbacks.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2020
The combined effluence of 400-plus Antarctic lakes no doubt exerts a significant influence on the Southern Ocean’s chemistry and biology.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 12, 2020
The bigger culprits appear to be invasive species, Delta farm fertilizer, Sacramento effluence, the drought and, perhaps, natural selection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2016
Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity—dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
Vocabulary lists containing effluence
By the Roots: Fluere: to flow (flu-)
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