emanation
noun
em·a·na·tion
ˌe-mə-ˈnā-shən 
1
a
: the action of emanating
b
: the origination of the world by a series of hierarchically descending radiations from the Godhead through intermediate stages to matter
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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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Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Lacking this, other than emanations and penumbras, how exactly are bond prices supposed to measure NRSRO ratings in basis points?
—Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The blanket presidential immunity ordained in Trump v. United States was not even discernable in the penumbras, emanations or subtext of the Constitution.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
This legal theology, conjured from the penumbras and emanations of past antiregulatory decisions, insists that sizable regulations require patently-impossible-to-acquire congressional authorization.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 10 July 2024
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Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Lacking this, other than emanations and penumbras, how exactly are bond prices supposed to measure NRSRO ratings in basis points?
—Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The blanket presidential immunity ordained in Trump v. United States was not even discernable in the penumbras, emanations or subtext of the Constitution.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
This legal theology, conjured from the penumbras and emanations of past antiregulatory decisions, insists that sizable regulations require patently-impossible-to-acquire congressional authorization.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 10 July 2024
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emanation
noun
em·a·na·tion
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