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“Higher rates are increasingly differentiating companies by their ability to generate earnings and returns above the cost of capital.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Although gut microbes can generate additional usable energy, the amount absorbed directly from food in the upper digestive tract also matters.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Doug Douglas, founder of Avon Valley Adventure Park, said their Halloween events grow every year and now generate a third of their yearly income.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Rails: Nearly 200 electromagnets along the rails generate a magnetic field that pulls the shuttle along the track and turns them off again as it passes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The scholastic philosophy taught in the universities, based on Aristotle, was, Bacon insisted, caught up in a series of futile arguments which could never generate new knowledge of the sort he was looking for.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Fulfilling its buyback authorization will require far more free cash than Nvidia generates today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The math gets more appealing at 5.3%, as the same sum generates $106,000.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Ticketing revenue generates less than 20% of our total revenue from The Open," Darbon says.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Still socially awkward, the rendition of Zuckerberg is now one of a powerful, globally known figure, whose platform generates billions of dollars and is used by millions of people.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Our body constantly generates new cells to replace old and damaged ones.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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In the first half of 2026, a composite of global reinsurers generated an estimated roughly 20% return on equity, the second-highest first-half result in a decade, according to Gallagher Re.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Even relatively weak signals generated by human technology can interfere with radio observations, so limiting these disturbances helps astronomers detect faint emissions traveling across space.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Of course, a scripted “My pleasure!” isn’t necessarily more authentic than a cheerful voice generated by a computer.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The climate surrounding routine abductions, he adds, has "generated further difficulties on the youth of Myanmar, already affected by years of civil war, and their families".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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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Instead of gifting the money for the purchase, Ross provided the mortgage at a lower interest rate by using the IRS-standard applicable federal rate and is generating a stable return on his investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
According to Psychology Today, “the same neural pathways responsible for generating innovative connections for humor may also create the intense introspection characteristic of depression.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"What was especially remarkable was that the cells we're generating in vivo actually look better than what we make in the lab," Eyquem said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The securities industry is generating record tax revenue for New York, increasing the city’s and state’s vulnerability to a downturn, the state comptroller warns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Lyra was so close to Iorek that she could feel a trembling in him like a great dynamo, generating mighty anbaric forces.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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