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a flowing or going out
The government is considering some new measures to limit vehicle emissions.
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Recent Examples of emission
When state employees first started working remotely during the pandemic, the Newsom administration published a public-facing dashboard that touted the reductions in emissions and monthly savings from telework.
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Uniqlo said that about 42 percent of the materials used produce low GHG emissions, an improvement of nine percentage points compared to the uniforms supplied for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
By integrating supplier data and focusing on high-impact variables such as product weight, organizations can achieve significant improvements in emissions accuracy, according to the Higg Index’s exclusive licensee.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
This reaction produces heat and water vapor as by-products, without carbon, nitrogen, or particulate emissions typically associated with fossil fuels.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Uniqlo said that about 42 percent of the materials used produce low GHG emissions, an improvement of nine percentage points compared to the uniforms supplied for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
By integrating supplier data and focusing on high-impact variables such as product weight, organizations can achieve significant improvements in emissions accuracy, according to the Higg Index’s exclusive licensee.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
This reaction produces heat and water vapor as by-products, without carbon, nitrogen, or particulate emissions typically associated with fossil fuels.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emission
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Now, authorities are stepping in to slow the flow, introducing new restrictions aimed at curbing day-trip tourism.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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From covering payroll during seasonal slowdowns to purchasing inventory, repairing equipment, or managing cash-flow gaps, access to flexible financing allows entrepreneurs to grow and adapt in an ever-changing marketplace.—
Julio Fuentes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Amalia was given a nebulizer and a respiratory medication upon her discharge from the hospital, but these were taken away by detention center staff upon her return, the lawsuit states.—
Jack Queen,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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Researchers in China have developed new zinc–air batteries that maintain stable charge–discharge operation for over 1,100 hours.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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The airline typically doubles cargo capacity for the holiday, adding nearly 300 flights this season.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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The restrictions have been lifted and normal flights are resuming.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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There’s a dusty cloud surrounding the central, contracting star, and that cloud is strongly suspected to be disk-like, with outflows and gaps in the dust in the two directions perpendicular to the disk.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Emission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emission. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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