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The ultimate goal is to produce a burning plasma, in which fusion reactions generate enough heat to sustain the process without continued external heating.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
"What happened should not be used to generate alarms and disorder," he said, adding that he had called for a report on the damage.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Taxing such benefits could generate a significant amount of money for the program.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Assessments of the noise it could create found it has the "potential to generate very high levels of noise to the surrounding area" and would require extensive mitigation measures.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
If this is true, it would mean that the human mind is preset, in some primary sense, to generate more than just the parts of speech.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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At a 2% yield, $2 million generates only $40,000 per year before taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Ticketing revenue generates less than 20% of our total revenue from The Open," Darbon says.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Still socially awkward, the rendition of Zuckerberg is now one of a powerful, globally known figure, whose platform generates billions of dollars and is used by millions of people.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
In El Niño years, warm air rising off the Pacific Ocean generates high-altitude winds that blow east toward the tropical Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
And the RTG generates a constant, predictable heat.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Despite the curiosity generated by his name, local media noted that Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez had been elected mayor of Yúngar in 2018.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Tesla generated substantial cash, and its investment program consumed even more.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
And the African football associations invited didn't receive any of the profits from the match, which potentially generated millions of dollars in revenue and TV rights, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Sea levels are already significantly above the official tide forecasts, which are generated years in advance and don’t account for an El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
And any empty seats in the stands would be filled with randomly generated NPC fans who would wolf down virtual sodas and hot dogs while cheering wildly.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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As matter streams from the brown dwarf toward the star, it strikes the stellar surface at high speeds, generating an intensely heated region.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students and forcing teachers to devise innovative methods to detect cheating and evaluate assignments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The only thing I can think of that’s worse than getting stuck on Greatest Hits or Top 40 is pushing a button and generating “infinite personalized music” with no human influence.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Case Keenum reads the defense and gets the ball out fast; coach Ben Johnson’s offense is strong, and the defense is generating turnovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The materials we developed were generating positive feedback, and I became hopeful that we might be able to push back against the suppression of this difficult history of racial injustice.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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