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When workers are more productive, companies can generate more profits and even reduce prices.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the coming years, he said India will have eight more semiconductor chip plants and five nuclear reactors which will generate 100 gigawatts of power by 2047.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
But it also said it expects to generate $8.4 billion to $8.5 billion in sales during the new year, and the midpoint of that guidance fell below 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
Avid inventors tend to swamp physics departments and science magazines with blueprints for incredible machines—machines that eternally generate power without any source of energy.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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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 software, called VIVA, generates customized questions, and candidates record rapid-fire, 60-second responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
On the whole, however, California is making more clean electricity, and the amount made from natural gas, which generates air pollution and heats up the climate, has been declining over the last few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"The goddess of passion would be a more accurate term, and what generates more passion than love and war?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Since 2023, Netflix said its YA shows and movies have generated more than 10.5 billion global views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The company’s data centers this spring already accounted for three-quarters of the 2 gigawatts of data center power that was being generated behind-the-meter, or outside of the U.S. electrical grid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
Collagen membranes generated a greater amount of bone overall, but the bone formed with the keratin scaffolds was more organized and structurally secure.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Fred would have already generated a short list of potential candidates.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Protecting religious freedom and practice has been a Paxton priority since he became attorney general in 2015, generating loyal support from grassroots conservatives.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
When you need it you’re always generating new stakes, and in a presidency they’re often high, and when you fail that is some big failure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
Plus, he’s already begun generating co-commissions with the New York Philharmonic and L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Not only did the re-seeding fail by not generating much grass, it also created an environment where the natural growth that was occurring—the trees—were destroyed in the process.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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