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They used powerful airgun arrays to generate seismic pulses that traveled through the crust beneath the ocean floor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The ballot measure could generate an additional $47 million to $50 million annually, a city of Inglewood impact report states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Citizens analyst Andrew Boone estimated that Muse with 100 million users could generate $10 billion of revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
A similar installation to promote Modern Warfare 4 has been built in downtown LA - but it's far from the only extravagant promotional attempt to generate buzz around the game.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Most important, the simplest way to generate cozy corners was to have the subunits helically arranged.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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The company has produced more than 250 specials and estimates it currently generates just under $10 million annually in gross profits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The recycled materials industry supports more than 600,000 U.S. jobs and generates $184 billion in economic activity annually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
At the cathode, oxygen reduction generates reactive oxygen species that initiate the oxygen-transfer reaction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The math gets more appealing at 5.3%, as the same sum generates $106,000.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
And the RTG generates a constant, predictable heat.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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"It was a war that ultimately involved everyone, and everyone was affected," said Guitarricadelafuente, who has generated Oscars buzz for his performance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Mr. Ramaswamy supports building data centers on abandoned industrial sites and giving their surplus generated energy as “free electricity” to neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The deal said the city could keep the first $25 million in tax revenue from the stadium every year, then use the revenue generated beyond that to reimburse Kroenke’s companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
In some cases, the electrical currents generated by the disturbance were so powerful that telegraph systems continued operating without batteries.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
So if people generally believe that mice are spontaneously generated in straw, then the task of the philosopher is to explain why this is so, not to question whether it is so.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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GE owned NBC, and “Seinfeld” was its critical moneymaker, generating $200 million in profit annually, or around 20% of NBC’s total operating income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
For most of the war, Tehran maintained a crucial economic lifeline: dozens of tankers holding millions of barrels of crude sitting safely in Asian waters, quietly supplying Chinese refineries and generating billions in cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Users also reported that Meta's artificial intelligence tools were not generating images related to Lula.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Such changes can occur when an asteroid strikes at tremendous speed, generating powerful shock waves that pass through the surrounding rock.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The company had $100 million in cash in the bank, was still generating $100 million a year of free cash flow—and had a market value of only $250 million!
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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