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.
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And it may again emanate from across the pond.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
On the sidewalk, generations play spades in the shade and the joyful screams of children emanate from a custom bouncy house adorned with an Egyptian pharaoh bust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 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
The foreboding in her expression was so strong that Ekon felt it emanate in the air.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
The light emanates from a glow-in-the-dark ice lolly.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The series emanates a sense of urgency without cooking up abnormally dramatic situations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Mr. Anderson drives home the point that the Smithsonian’s ethos emanates from its leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
In recent weeks, most agree that selling pressure has emanated not just from mortgage bondholders but also from investors in U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Additionally, 85 million pounds of food thawed, burned and spoiled inside, creating a terrible smell that emanated from the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
"This agency actually emanated and found itself in the budget from the executive," he said - meaning it came from within the president's own side of government, not from parliament.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
More smoke emanated from his leg and head.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
In a separate security challenge, Pakistan has blamed an increase in attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the southern border province of Balochistan on militancy emanating from Afghanistan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Like his character in “Curb,” Mr. David has been reluctant to tolerate life’s small idiocies—or the larger ones he perceives emanating from network and production-company honchos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
But only Curry could create the kind of monster Scott wanted – a villain emanating something more complex than evil.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Judge Quinzy turned to locate the source of this voice emanating from the potted plants.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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