emit
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The scheme has heavy polluters pay for the greenhouse gases they emit, obliging them to buy allowances that are capped in number, sold in auctions and tradeable.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
They’ll emit 6.1 million tons of CO2 — less than this year’s games but still more than World Cups past.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
They are especially valuable because they emit light in the second near infrared region, which can travel deep into biological tissue.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
The ARK software engine can work out what objects are by identifying the unique light signature they emit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The green silk made a rippling whisper as she slid it into her hair—a whisper that could easily have been Hannah’s chuckle, a soft slow nasal hiss she used to emit when something amused her.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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