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
But I can’t think of a better term to describe the bizarre hypotheses that emanate from almost every news event of national or international significance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Critics say Ola's troubles emanate from typical culture issues that plague many start-ups - including CEO-driven decision-making, constant pivots and unrealistic, high-pressure deadlines.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
The woman’s shrieks emanate from somewhere in the foliage, but the jabberjay’s concealed.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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The messaging that emanates from these figures steers people away from the traditional work ethic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mr. Simms, a historian at the University of Cambridge, is no sentimentalist, and the tone of his book emanates a bracing realism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The pungent smell of death emanates from the Caracas morgue, an odour that thousands of liters of donated chlorine cannot mask.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
This stark warning emanates from one of Wall Street’s most respected commentators, Bank of America chief equity strategist Michael Hartnett.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
There’s a stillness, a calm, that he emanates.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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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
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
There are the standards Salah helped to set that emanated through the club in his and Liverpool's quest for greatness.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
The guidance weakness emanated from its Optum unit, which offers physician services, fitness services, health data for other companies, and pharmacy benefits management.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Laughter emanated from the kitchen late at night.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Adding to the financial pain, local households struggling with a spike in inflation emanating from the regional crisis are holding off on buying the fruit, depressing domestic sales.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
You continue to wander, and hear a cheerful female voice emanating from the enormous onstage speakers to inform everyone that water is available for purchase at any of the bar tents for just $4.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, the strength of a brand like “60 Minutes” is its ability to plow through heavy seas emanating from corporate politics—that is, unless overly entitled employees muff it up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Police made the discovery after receiving a report of a foul odour emanating from the vehicle, which had been towed to a Hollywood tow yard.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
At the same time, the drumbeat of ominous headlines emanating from Europe had begun to grow steadily louder and more insistent that spring.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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