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generator

[jen-uh-ray-ter] / ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
engine converting energy
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Kim estimated that the market was placing a $200 billion valuation on Caterpillar’s generator business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Mummery's idea became the Swimmer Turbine - a 50kw tidal generator named after his experience in the river.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The centre, according to the documents, would include five gas turbines, a steam generator, and another two gas turbines on standby.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

When a radio frequency generator sends a signal into the capacitor, the resulting electromagnetic field interacts with the plasma filament.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The lights shudder and tremble from the generator.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Gund was at its own crossroads when Steve and his older brother, Rich—now the company’s chairman and chief operating officer—joined full time in the early 1990s, helping make spare parts for generators and other components.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Albear Aqueduct, one of Havana's main sources of water supply, recently gained two brand-new, gigantic backup generators that run on diesel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“In 2022 you had all these wind investments, and other power generators starved for capital,” while at that time Altius, under Dalton’s direction, “was buying up assets left and right.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

What specific types of nuclear energy generators are safe enough to use?

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

He also needed it to power his home generators.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers


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