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radiate

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


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But Ms. Northeast seems to radiate the same joy as Sybylla’s in being who she is and doing what she does.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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

Dad forced a smile and attempted to radiate good humor.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

There is, however, one dazzlingly strange interlude of repressed conflict that radiates such retro 1950s-fixated weirdness that it’s as if David Lynch took a sly pass at the “Mad Max” universe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

No surprise, the 25-year-old talks Miami Hurricanes football and radiates a 305-swagger that would make the Cuban-American club-classic rapper Pitbull proud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

As a “heat dome” radiates across the US east coast, fans are turning up in record heat to cheer on their teams in the middle of the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

Martin crosses his arms in front of his chest and tugs on his elbow, and he just radiates the stink-eye.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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

She was a bag of doorknobs, but the movie camera found the gazelle inside the unicorn and captured the joy she radiated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

To whom else would they turn, in that desperate moment, if not to the man who radiated common sense and dignity and all that was presidential?

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

These brilliant galactic centers, powered by enormous black holes, were already radiating as much light as a trillion Suns when the Universe was only 670 million years old, about 5% of its present age.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

Gruff, bluff and radiating a coiled menace, he’s a marked asset.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Lowrimore visited three different hospitals across both states over the following week as she began passing blood clots and the pain intensified, radiating up the left side of her body, according to the lawsuit.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

“We hope you’ll continue radiating positivity in your community throughout the year, and thank you for loving this festival as much as we do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Nick sits very, very close to Abby on the couch, and I honestly think I can feel the waves of panic radiating off of Leah.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli


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