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[jen-uh-reyt] / ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt /


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The company expects to generate $8.4 billion to $8.5 billion in sales during the new year, compared with analysts’ forecast of $8.47 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

"There is no doubt that the big six clubs, as global brands in their own rights, have always been able to generate the highest fees," Maguire said.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

However, the most popular way of accessing the company’s advanced AI is inside its WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram apps, where users can ask questions and generate images.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Derivative-income funds typically sell options to generate cash for investors, while also holding a portfolio of stocks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

If so, this was unusual: Most professional journalists retain interview transcripts lest what they’ve written generate a charge of libel or invasion of privacy.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

Take Chase Koch, whose father, Charles, has long served as chairman of Koch, Inc., a conglomerate that generates more than $125 billion in annual revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

“It is very unfortunate that an entire industry, which generates millions of dollars in revenue for Mexico, has to be shut down,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

One of the most encouraging developments has come out of Australia, where renewable energy now generates enough power to run 70 percent of Australian homes.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

Yet Reyes, 31, occasionally finds flaws in the system’s generated workout plans.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Their work explains how these quasiparticles arise through the coupling of optically generated excitons with the collective movement of electrons in the crystal.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

He added that any money generated would be reinvested in the football team.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

He built a wind-powered mechanism that generated noise to scare birds from the family fields and set out to create a perpetual motion machine.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Trump Media interim CEO Kevin McGurn said this week that Truth API is already generating revenue with 10 customer agreements signed, though he did not identify the clients.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Plus, he’s already begun generating co-commissions with the New York Philharmonic and L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 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 two complaints were not helping the old firebrand Malcolm X image any, nor were they generating the local public interest that was badly needed by his small, young OAAU.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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