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"What happened should not be used to generate alarms and disorder," he said, adding that he had called for a report on the damage.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Buried in his “State of the Force” address was this passage: “Every major military installation in America is going to generate its own power. Independent of the civilian grid.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Crises repeatedly generate predictions of collapse, but alliances adapt precisely because the underlying incentives remain compelling.”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Memory is a lever for better AI performance. AI models generate better results with more memory, run faster with more memory,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Using a computer to generate a random ordering to the cards is the best though perhaps an impractical way to get random decks.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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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
Input tokens cover what a user submits in a query, while output tokens represent what the model generates in response.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
In El Niño years, warm air rising off the Pacific Ocean generates high-altitude winds that blow east toward the tropical Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Scientists have become increasingly interested in urolithin A because of its associations with healthy aging and mitochondrial function, a process in the body which generates energy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Connecting the corners of that pentagon with lines generates a small, upside-down, five-pointed star, which is exactly the same as the original star in its proportions.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Despite the curiosity generated by his name, local media noted that Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez had been elected mayor of Yúngar in 2018.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The drug generated $4.2 billion in revenue for Argenx last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Sea levels are already significantly above the official tide forecasts, which are generated years in advance and don’t account for an El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
NSW coal generated Aus$23.4 billion in exports last year, with most shipped for electricity generation to South Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
But the material had proved difficult to photograph; it generated scattered, fuzzy dots on film.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Teams are put in place to ensure the comedian can focus on generating jokes while they scheme new ways to metastasize its distribution and justify their own salaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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
The only thing I can think of that’s worse than getting stuck on Greatest Hits or Top 40 is pushing a button and generating “infinite personalized music” with no human influence.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Gut bacteria produce the compound while generating energy from histidine, an amino acid that is essential for human health and found in many foods, particularly foods rich in protein.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
The windmill, however, had not after all been used for generating electrical power.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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