as in flow
a flowing or going out
The government is considering some new measures to limit vehicle emissions.
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Recent Examples of emission
Plus, in these galaxies, the area covered by inflowing cool gas is roughly one-third larger than in red geysers without radio emission.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Transportation is the largest source of climate and air pollution in California and is responsible for more than a third of global warming emissions, said Daniel Barad, Western states policy manager with the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The administration moved to stop collecting and reporting corporate greenhouse gas emissions data required under the treaty.
—Gary W. Yohe, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2026
In line with its sustainability mission, Intrepid is also introducing a new Climate Impact Fund, shifting from carbon offsets to direct investment in emissions-reduction projects across its operations.
—Josh Roberts, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
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In a conventional turbine, blades are angled to deflect fluid flow and convert kinetic energy into mechanical work.—
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Levito is the balletic counter to Glenn and Liu’s powerhouse style, but her long lines and easy flow on the ice are balanced by her consistent triple jumps, which could land her in the top 10 at the Olympics.—
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But the discharges also can overwhelm the delicate estuaries east and west of the state’s largest lake and, during the warm summer months, spread blooms of toxic algae, an issue that has become more persistent in recent years.—
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The bill, which passed 230-196, came to the floor through a discharge petition led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).—
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Ordinarily, such crew-rotation flights last about six months, ending a few days after their successors arrive at the ISS.—
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Iran issued a notice, known as a NOTAM, on Wednesday closing its airspace to all flights except international civil arrivals and departures with prior permission from Iran's aviation authorities.—
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Another way of saying this is that the radiant or emanation point of most meteor showers appears highest in the sky before dawn.—
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This perhaps had something to do with the curious luminance of the boy’s face, as in paintings of saints, as though the glow were the emanation of grace.—
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In normal circumstances, this matter would usually form a disk around the white dwarf that gradually drops material to its surface, leaving other stellar matter to be lost to space via powerful outflows that fling it into space.—
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Despite the cooling of the outflow, 2025 was still below the average 47% inbound rate since 2004 and the 52% high of 2014.—
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“Emission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emission. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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