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emanate

[em-uh-neyt] / ˈɛm əˌneɪt /


Usage

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The verb emanate is used of intangible things, as light or ideas, spreading from a source: Rumors often emanate from irresponsible persons. The verb emerge is used of coming forth from a place shut off from view, or from concealment, or the like, into sight and notice: The sun emerges from behind the clouds. Issue is often used of a number of persons, a mass of matter, or a volume of smoke, sound, or the like, coming forth through any outlet or outlets: The crowd issued from the building.


Example Sentences

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For all that Ella McCay goes through, in the end there is still a sense of hope and uplift, an aspiration for something better, emanating from the movie.

From Los Angeles Times

Regulators found explosive levels of methane emanating from many other landfills across the state.

From Los Angeles Times

In one case, researchers saw a large methane plume appear to emanate from Newby Island Landfill in San José and drift into a nearby residential neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times

At the same time, some businesses linked to the circular deals emanating from tech darling OpenAI faced steep declines.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pride he felt emanated from a different source.

From Los Angeles Times