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generator

[jen-uh-rey-ter] / ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
engine converting energy
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“Is there a small generator? Are all the windows intact? Is there fresh trash? Is there plastic on the roof?”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Its major components, including reactor vessel heads, steam generator parts and low-pressure and high-pressure turbines, were all recently updated as part of the 2030 extension, said Maureen Zawalick, chief risk officer at PG&E.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

The end credits exclusively feature a list of apps used in the making of this “film,” including video generator Runway and music imitator Suno.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2026

This year, the company plans to introduce a new kind of EV: one with a gas generator on board to charge the battery and eliminate drivers’ anxiety about running out of power.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The workers scurried between the bins and the generator or simply stood and watched the thing shake.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

Electricity costs and state regulations on gas-powered generators limit the vast majority of them to under 100 megawatts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

"That methane we use as a fuel for engines that run generators and the generators produce electricity - and we then inject the electricity back into the National Grid," he explained.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Companies like Caterpillar and Cummins are raising production of generators critical as backup-power options for data centers springing up all over the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Instead, the humid silence is punctuated by the diesel generators, the occasional Bluetooth speaker or the tinny buzzing of a cell phone squeezing out reggaeton, reparto or US pop.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Then the clock must’ve struck ten because all at once the buzzing generators outside sputtered and died, as did the music from downstairs and the streetlight that had been shining through my window.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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