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generator

[jen-uh-rey-ter] / ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
engine converting energy
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He had been using a generator due to the power outage, public broadcaster NHK reported.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The end credits exclusively feature a list of apps used in the making of this “film,” including video generator Runway and music imitator Suno.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2026

The company is investing $725 million to expand generator production at an Indiana plant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Ramirez knows from experience that if you use a generator, “it will break down at the worst time.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Late at night the generator was turned off, and then they had to use lamps like the ones Joao had at the trading post.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Neighbours have complained about fires and for months there was a constant hum from electrical generators.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Musk embraced the concept in the summer of 2024, when semi-trucks arrived in Memphis, Tenn., carrying mobile natural gas generators for the data center project he called Colossus.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Existing generators were “perfectly happy not to build anything” because a tightening market meant capacity prices would just keep going up, said Hugh Wynne, analyst at SSR.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Voyager 2 and its twin, Voyager 1, rely on radioisotope thermoelectric generators, which produce electricity from heat released by decaying plutonium.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

“I doubt they’re still electrified. That would mean the generators still worked.”

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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