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radiate

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


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It was typical of the star's ability to radiate cheery goodwill that she never held a grudge against Wagoner, always crediting him with giving her a crucial career break, even after their relationship fell apart.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

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

She felt it radiate outward, filling the Tower, the town, the whole world.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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

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

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

Fifteen minutes later Dr. Hamid gently touches the infected skin around my G-tube, and I grimace as pain radiates across my stomach and chest.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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

"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 energy, feeding off the general bedlam of the house.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The chronological installation begins with Evans’s first two pen-and-ink drawings from about 1935: abstract radiating eyes, spirals, zigzags and squiggles—feverish doodles resembling ancient pictographic narratives set down in a trance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

The heat felt like 100 degrees radiating off the pavement.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Instead of simply radiating outward, thermal energy can effectively tunnel across the narrow gap through electromagnetic waves.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

Straight overhead was the tree, with its circle of limbs radiating out from the great, pale trunk.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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