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He’s mindful of wasting filament, but small parts don’t tend to generate too much scrap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Claude is trained on a mix of publicly available web data, commercially acquired datasets, and data we generate ourselves," a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the coming years, he said India will have eight more semiconductor chip plants and five nuclear reactors which will generate 100 gigawatts of power by 2047.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said that Meta’s potential to generate new revenue streams through enterprise deals could help offset concerns about the company’s heavy AI spending.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The following morning, after I was told about the futility of the lunch, Francis tried to generate enthusiasm for our having a second go at the structure.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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The Cernavoda plant, which usually generates a fifth of Romania's electricity, has been shut down just once before, in 2003, due to drought.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The Sun generates all the heat and the Moon is blocking out the Sun," he explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
As users trade contracts — each one representing a bet for or against a given event, such as a certain candidate winning an election — the market generates odds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The U.S. business for JBS generates more than half of the meatpacker’s roughly $80 billion in annual revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I get enough air then, but the cold raw air freezes the sides of my throat and blood vessels burst and my throat generates mucus and soon I am choking on it.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Since 2023, Netflix said its YA shows and movies have generated more than 10.5 billion global views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In May, the maker of the Claude large language model said its run-rate revenue was $47 billion, already a big leap compared to the $9 billion Anthropic said it generated in 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
These implicated the U.S. in a plot to overthrow the Tanzanian government and generated anti-American press coverage across the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Collagen membranes generated a greater amount of bone overall, but the bone formed with the keratin scaffolds was more organized and structurally secure.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Their children inherited these mutations and thus generated new species, thereby driving evolution.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Díaz took the mound and hit Andrew Vaughn with his seventh pitch, generating a smattering of boos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Protecting religious freedom and practice has been a Paxton priority since he became attorney general in 2015, generating loyal support from grassroots conservatives.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The sell-off came after tech shares had soared for months, "generating the extreme euphoria" that has moved some personal investors to take out loans to invest, says investment analyst Tobias Reger.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
According to McGurn, the product is already generating revenue with more than 10 customer agreements signed so far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The subprime mortgage market was generating half a trillion dollars’ worth of new loans a year, but the circle of people redistributing the risk that the entire market would collapse was tiny.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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