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emission
/ɪˈmɪʃn̩/
noun
Gas or other substance released into the air.
- “The city aims to cut carbon emissions by half.”Toofey
- “There is too much carbon emissions in the world.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)