emit
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Because the light used to activate them has a different frequency from the light they emit, researchers can separate the desired signal more easily from background light generated by the sample itself.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
But on the central point, the science is clear: the more greenhouse gases we emit, the warmer the planet will become.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
One of their waste products is carbon dioxide—but they emit less than the most efficient natural-gas engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
If the data centers have bright lights and emit a lot of noise because of their cooling fans, “it changes the relatively quiet residential environment into something that’s constantly loud,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
I went to unzip my duffel but thought of all the dirty clothes stuffed inside, of the smell they'd emit, and thought better.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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That means the state would remove as many carbon emissions from the atmosphere as it emits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Page also points out that, whether on fire or not, a drained peatland emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere "all of the time".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Lined with refrigerator-sized server systems, the room emits a low roar from its cooling systems and allows potential customers to remotely access and try out Etched’s chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A single advanced chip fab can draw enormous amounts of water and electricity, and chip production as a whole emits well over 100 million tons of carbon equivalent a year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
What happens is that a matter particle, such as an electron or a quark, emits a force-carrying particle.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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He emitted an air of great seriousness while also seeming nearly egoless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Manufacturers also claimed their engines emitted less CO2 - although the green credentials have been challenged because they also release unburnt methane which is itself a very powerful greenhouse gas.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
After more than three months of burning that year, Indonesia's fires had emitted 1.75 billion tons of greenhouse gas equivalents -- more than Japan emits in an entire year.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
I told them I got mine hours ago and the group emitted a collective purr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
It would have the capability to produce neutrons ten times more energetic than those emitted by the twenty-seven-inch machine, an intensity that “would make it possible to carry on actual clinical therapy of human cancer.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Countries are investing in new power projects to meet energy security goals and phase out fossil fuels such as coal, which are blamed for emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Every summer, female glow worms put on a remarkable display, emitting a bright green light to attract males.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The cells operate independent of traditional power grids and are highly efficient, Bloom says, emitting only heat and clean water.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Kevin Wagner, vice president of the medical sterilizer company Sterigenics, messaged asking that nine facilities emitting the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide, including near Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Charlotte and Atlanta, be exempted.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
To make matters even worse, the food emitting that delicious smell, the food that Maya-Jade was eating, was lasagna.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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