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
The founders also point to issues in textile production related to labor, chemical-laden wastewater dumped into rivers, and carbon emissions on a devastating scale.
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 10 May 2025
According to Time magazine, last-mile delivery can account for up to 50% of total emissions and 53% of shipping costs.
—Ronik Sharma, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
Viking also equipped 12 of its ships with shoreside power capabilities to reduce port emissions.
—Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Increasingly, California has become a global leader in reducing the carbon emissions that fuel climate change, and zero-emission vehicles are a key part of those climate policies.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emission
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What’s needed is sharper context in the flow of work.—
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Go with the flow, but not toward the beach: Trying to swim directly toward the beach when caught in a rip current is futile and exhausting.—
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While federal student loan borrowers are entitled a discharge upon their death, historically that discharge would have been taxable to the estate.—
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Advanced cases may cause abnormal vaginal bleeding or unusual discharge.—
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Guests with Gold Status will also continue to enjoy free bags, Wi-Fi (subject to availability), complimentary snacks and drinks, including alcohol on eligible flights.—
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This isn’t the first time that a cockroach has been found in an unexpected location on a flight.—
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Both shield and shell are created in order to protect the tender flesh within, but a shield is the result of a huge amount of human labor, mining and refining and beating of the hot metal, and a shell is a natural emanation of the beast that builds it.—
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Both shield and shell are created in order to protect the tender flesh within, but a shield is the result of a huge amount of human labor, mining and refining and beating of the hot metal, and a shell is a natural emanation of the beast that builds it.—
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Indian ETFs also enjoyed positive flows following outflows in March.—
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Multiple outflows can be seen in the central black tendril of the Circinus West molecular cloud, named the Cir-MMS region.—
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“Emission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emission. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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