emanated

verb

past tense of emanate
as in radiated
to throw or give off honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent

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Recent Examples of emanated As the sun set over Evanston on Friday, a golden glow emanated from the limestone exterior of Ryan Field, which was mobbed for the first time by the Wildcat faithful. — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 An occasional bird would chirp in the distance, but the forest emanated an eerie stillness, said Young, a research ecologist at the University of California, Davis. — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026 The Sleepy Hollow saga emanated from a small New York town about a hundred miles from Hartford. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Sinfield rose to prominence as a star of rugby league, the sport popular in England’s north that emanated from its working-class communities in the late 19th century as a spin-off from rugby union. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Similar warnings have emanated from Florida, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 This success emanated from the partnerships formed between business, labor, government, academia, the nonprofit sector and the media. — Arne Carlson, Twin Cities, 30 Aug. 2026 Another interpretation is that people would rather spend their limited time on prose that emanated from another human mind. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The scent emanated from an installation in a greenhouse in the center of the city, filled with hay and senses-scrambling atmosphere from a fog machine. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emanated
  1. radiated
  2. emitted
  3. cast
  4. released
Verb
  • The surrounding countryside, by comparison, was littered with large numbers of trees that were toppled as the shock waves produced by the exploding asteroid high above radiated downward.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The film’s focus on the strange and unprecedented power dynamics in an industry that’s hurtling forward at all costs radiated off-screen as well.
    — Hayden Field, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of radiated
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  • There was a narrow bed and, above it, a row of light bulbs that emitted infrared beams.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Conventional diamond quantum sensors measure fluorescent light that is emitted by these defects.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of emitted
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  • The president fielded questions from reporters for nearly 20 minutes after casting his own 2026 votes at the offices of the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Saturday afternoon.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Tarantino revealed the most personally meaningful piece of casting in a film filled with great performances — including supporting turns by multiple actors (Austin Butler, Mikey Madison, Sydney Sweeney) who have blown up in the seven years since.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of cast
Verb
  • For the tinkering types, Meta also released open weights for Muse’s code to help people connect it to a range of other devices.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Although officials have not released details about the cause of death, scientists agree that if it was caused by ordinary plague, the wider world has little to worry about.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of released

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“Emanated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emanated. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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