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radiate

[rey-dee-eyt, rey-dee-it, -eyt] / ˈreɪ diˌeɪt, ˈreɪ di ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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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

The joy that would radiate from a small child’s face when he or she learns they are getting a brand new bicycle was precious.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

"Confirming a non-universal X-ray-to-ultraviolet relation with cosmic time is quite surprising and challenges our understanding of how supermassive black holes grow and radiate," said Dr. Antonis Georgakakis, one of the study's authors.

From Science Daily Dec. 27, 2025

I close my eyes, and radiate body heat.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Durga Devi finds no relief after a day working in New Delhi's sweltering summer, because her poorly ventilated home radiates trapped heat, leaving her bedroom as hot as 45 degrees at night.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

"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

Fox is reborn as Eddie Triplett in the book, a charming and erudite book editor who radiates joie de vivre and is among the loves of his stepdaughter Daphne’s life.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

His skin, his whole being, radiates heat from being so near the fire, and I close my eyes, soaking in his warmth.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The resulting device can control the direction in which heat is radiated, switch that behavior on or off, and retain its configuration even after the power has been turned off.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

As the Sunday sun set over Sunderland, her performance radiated with the warmth it left behind.

From BBC May 25, 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

To get there, she jumped, radiated and hair-flipped through an exuberant free program set to Donna Summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

From the great plaza radiated four highways that demarcated the four asymmetrical sectors into which he divided the empire, Tawantinsuyu, “Land of the Four Quarters.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

He’s hardly able to parry the upbraiding meted out by Mr. Giamatti’s Jean, fastidiously dressed and radiating pompous self-satisfaction.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 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

Over the course of a month, notice which ingredients disappear almost embarrassingly fast and which ones slowly expire in the back of your crisper drawer while radiating guilt.

From Salon May 22, 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

But on closer examination, I see the thin strips of land radiating from the circle like the spokes on a wheel.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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