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As warm waters shift east in the Pacific, the tropical rains they generate move with them—creating fertile conditions for hurricanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
However, some industry figures have said the fears were overblown and were being jumped on to generate hype for the industry.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Their scale may make fixed testing and compliance costs easier to absorb than they would be for smaller laboratories, potentially strengthening their positions even as AI projects take longer to generate returns.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Grab expects its financial-services segment to generate $500 million in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization by 2028, with a combined loan portfolio of more than $6 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
This process will generate the elements carbon and oxygen and provide additional energy for the Sun to continue shining for a limited time.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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“A higher mix of usage generates higher revenue and cash flow from existing infrastructure, a helpful offset to the financing and credit worries weighing on the group,” Grelck said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The answer is probably less of what depends on cheap money, and more of what generates cash today, says Ipek Ozkardeskaya, a senior analyst at Swissquote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The sport has long grappled with the issue of retaining the attention and excitement it generates at the Olympics throughout those four-year cycles.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Lee Chang-dong’s superb “Possible Love,” for instance, generates its explosively intimate finale by first investing us in the saga of strikers reeling from a brutal government crackdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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
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This would cut the multi-million pound bill for constraint payments, which are made when there is too much wind power being generated.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Regional Acceptance generated breakeven pretax earnings in the first half of the year, Truist said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But that achievement — reaching endless intelligence improvements, generated by machines — could also drive intelligence growth beyond human control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
As global temperatures rise, the ice is becoming thinner and more mobile, leaving it less able to withstand the forces generated by cyclones.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
His gestures were theatrical and wild, generated by an animal impatience that possessed his body.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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"These numbers are huge, and frankly ridiculous," she said, saying reduced outlays could free up cash for generating tangible profits from investments already made.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Unlike the systems and tools many people use daily to complete tasks like writing emails or generating videos, super intelligent AI systems should be able to handle far more complex tasks.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Is there a regulator or complaint process that actually has teeth, rather than simply generating a case number?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
“What I would say, though, is that each of the projects that we’re doing, by nature, is a strong free cash flow generating project,” she continues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The division was generating almost $2 billion a year in profits.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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