emanate
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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And it may again emanate from across the pond.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Much of the rest of the bottom line growth would emanate from share repurchases, which reduces the number of shares and increases earnings per share.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
Specifically, she never clarifies for us whether the threats faced by her characters are external and real, or whether they emanate from deep within themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
They are named after the constellation Lyra and the radiant position, which is where the meteors appear to emanate from, is south-west of the star Vega.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
And I can’t believe that something like that would emanate from my room in real life.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The light emanates from a glow-in-the-dark ice lolly.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mr. Anderson drives home the point that the Smithsonian’s ethos emanates from its leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The most pressing issue emanates from Iran, which was the late February catalyst for the shaky performance.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
There’s a welcome familiarity to Sally Field that emanates through the screen as you watch “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” a charmingly sweet adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s hit 2022 novel of the same name.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
There’s a stillness, a calm, that he emanates.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
Similar warnings have emanated from Florida, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
For several years, stock-market leadership emanated from tech companies with spectacular earnings, low debt profiles and huge piles of cash.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Residents rushed to shelters clutching bags and blankets, AFP journalists observed, as a large plume of smoke emanated from Kyiv's city centre.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Both were in “the High Eighties,” as Le Guin put it, and the correspondence had a pleasing warmth that emanated from both sides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
“Up to 1953 I had regarded as gospel everything that emanated from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges,” one of them remarked bitterly.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The U.S. is forecast to grow faster than other major economies in the years ahead, propelled by the AI boom emanating from Silicon Valley and robust consumer spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But only Curry could create the kind of monster Scott wanted – a villain emanating something more complex than evil.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Pakistan has previously blamed the violence in border provinces on militant activity emanating from Afghanistan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Looking ahead: Strong consumer and business spending “underscores the resiliency of the economy in the face of the energy price shock emanating from the war in the Middle East,” said Nationwide Chief Economist Kathy Bostjancic.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
I imagine the teary sighs emanating from the Capitol and pretend to brush away a tear of my own.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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