effluence

Example Sentences

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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

Christ, qua divine, was only an aspect or effluence of deity.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)