- present tense form of generate (3rd person singular).
generates
Example Sentences
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Investor B is 78, built a nest egg they cannot afford to lose, and is living off the income it generates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
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
It always causes a lot of excitement and generates talk about how the odds are not in that family’s favor.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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