emanate
Usage
What are other ways to say emanate?
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.
Example Sentences
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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
Specifically, she never clarifies for us whether the threats faced by her characters are external and real, or whether they emanate from deep within themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
She was tall and willowy with long blonde hair and appeared to emanate a faint, silvery glow.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing emanate
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Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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