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[ih-mit] / ɪˈmɪt /


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The scheme has heavy polluters pay for the greenhouse gases they emit, obliging them to buy allowances that are capped in number, sold in auctions and tradeable.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

At a 2020 celebration in a Yucaipa park, a couple used a pyrotechnic that was supposed to emit blue or pink smoke.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

They are especially valuable because they emit light in the second near infrared region, which can travel deep into biological tissue.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

The ARK software engine can work out what objects are by identifying the unique light signature they emit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

According to conventional nuclear physics, this was extraordinary, even bizarre: nuclei of different weights would be expected to emit disintegration products of widely variable energies, with the heavy elements producing the more energetic recoils.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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