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radiate

[ray-dee-ayt, ray-dee-it, -ayt] / ˈreɪ diˌeɪt, ˈreɪ di ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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Charged‑up walls radiate warmth back into rooms that never get the chance to cool.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

In effect, the megastructure would absorb starlight, use that energy for whatever purpose its builders intended, and then radiate the excess as infrared heat.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Cordido's eyes can't help but radiate with gratitude when he speaks about the volunteer rescuers who pulled him from the ruins of Venezuela's double earthquake, which killed more than 2,600 people.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Gelifen fluttered his wings, and warmth began to radiate from him.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"Killer heat warnings" reads the Metro's headline, as Western Europe's "heat dome" covering Italy, Spain and France radiates across the English Channel.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Teenagers everywhere fell under the spell of Rice’s vampires in the mid-‘80s with an ardor that AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat” radiates through the devotion of his superfans.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

A 1940s folk painting by Clementine Hunter radiates relaxation, its central man unwinding with a drink, his feet kicked up on a stump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Rising housing and healthcare costs have saddled retirees with higher-than-average inflation since late 2022, and they are projected to keep rising faster as an energy spike radiates through the economy.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

Envy radiates from them, I can smell it, faint wisps of acid, mingled with their perfume.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

At its peak, it temporarily radiated with the brilliance of about 10 billion suns.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

"You could really feel the love that he radiated towards his mum, dad and sister."

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

In 1967, his black evening gown with cape radiated simplicity in form and draping even as it also referenced the attire of Catholic priests.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

That pride radiated off of her in late March as she bounced around the Observatory stage like a lottery ball in an air blower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

He radiated a kind of old energy—a melancholy that came from knowing he didn’t belong in the modern world.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

There was a comforting nostalgia in watching her surrounded by tchotchkes, radiating the loose, warm confidence that made “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” such a phenomenon in the 1990s.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The heat felt like 100 degrees radiating off the pavement.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

While the impact will not be visible from Earth with the naked eye, people with access to a sophisticated telescope may be able to see a flash radiating off the Moon's surface, Bothwell said.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The 10 songs on “The Line of Time and the Plane of Now” — each recorded in only one take — mix folk, soul and jazz, radiating innocence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

She feels the entirety of the circus radiating around her, as though a net has been thrown over it, trapping everything within the iron fence, fluttering like a butterfly.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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