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LA28 officials point to an analysis by the Southern California Assn. of Governments that projected the Games will generate more than $17 billion in gross domestic product for the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
An index fund holding publicly traded stocks can generate almost no tax bills for as long as you own it, especially if it’s a broadly diversified ETF.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
As the CoAl deforms, parts of these interfaces crystallize and help generate new dislocations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Though the U.S. government has approved some licenses for H200 shipments to China-based customers, Nvidia said on its earnings call in May that it has “yet to generate any revenue” there.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
That steam carries away the heat, and turns the turbine to generate electricity.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Because the source generates intense terahertz radiation that can be tuned to different frequencies, the researchers were able to change the material's optical properties, especially its reflectivity, both strongly and rapidly.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
His fans don’t necessarily get an explanation for the unease Kurosawa sometimes generates, but it’s part of the draw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Viola Spolin, one of the great acting teachers of the 20th century, put it simply: “being part of the whole generates trust and frees the player for playing, the many then acting as one.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
It generates enough flour to feed 20,000 people, he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
If there are exact locations in the brain that allow for the ability to hear or to breathe, is there a place that generates human social behavior?
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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The company tried to use Claude to analyze the vast amount of data the OpenAI agents had generated, but the Anthropic model refused to perform the analysis, citing safety reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The treatment generated significantly more hydrogen from PET while operating at temperatures 300-400 degrees Celsius below those used in traditional steam gasification.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
In a response to AFP on X, Google said images created with the feature include SynthID digital watermarks, invisible markers embedded in media generated using the company's artificial intelligence tools.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Motion capture, or MoCap, is when an actor wears a special suit covered in dots or balls to physically act out scenes, which can then be overlayed on to an animated or digitally generated character.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Usually, the energy of those huge waves is generated far to the north of us, during winter storms off the coast of Alaska.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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The interview, filmed in a Philadelphia studio dressed up to resemble a seedy motel in a wink at the laptop scandal, quickly became a viral sensation, generating millions of views.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Authorities said making the documents public is an investigative strategy aimed at generating fresh leads as the high-profile kidnapping case reaches the six-month mark.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
The data centre boom is generating windfall gains for companies largely overlooked by investors, offering a bright spot in a market rattled by concerns over AI's impact on India's export-oriented tech sector.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Last winter was mild and wet, encouraging vegetation growth, which has then dried out in successive hot spells, generating fuel for wildfires.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Sunlight shines on Europa in its orbit around Jupiter and is reflected back to space, where some of it strikes the phosphors of the Voyager television cameras, generating an image.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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