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Back in 2024, AstraZeneca estimated its portfolio of wholly owned ADCs could generate annual peak revenue of more than $5 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
By 2030, the country aims to generate 70 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, up from around 60 percent currently, including about 40 percent from hydropower.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Rosebank is bigger than Jackdaw, it would generate higher greenhouse gas emissions, and it could be far more lucrative for its owners, Adura and Ithaca.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Said Meyer: “That doesn’t seem like a great way, with all due respect, to try and generate excitement among your fans.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The scholastic philosophy taught in the universities, based on Aristotle, was, Bacon insisted, caught up in a series of futile arguments which could never generate new knowledge of the sort he was looking for.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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A small coastguard ship made an initial attempt using an electrical deterrence device, which generates a weak current that sharks avoid.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
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
Capital expenditure, or capex, by one company generates revenue for other companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
But North Korea may need more time to advance its torpedo system, particularly in reducing the noise it generates underwater, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
It always causes a lot of excitement and generates talk about how the odds are not in that family’s favor.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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The Valkyries have generated $100 million so far this year, more than the Caitlin Clark-powered Indiana Fever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Other delivery workers pointed out that the apps themselves sometimes recommend spectacularly inappropriate replacements, leaving shoppers to make sense of suggestions generated by software.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
The charity said over its five-year strategy period it generated £4.38m in income and invested £3.44m in delivering and developing services for Islanders affected by cancer.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Understanding these structures could help scientists investigate how energy generated by motions near the solar surface is transferred into higher layers of the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
In ten weeks, the garden had generated over ninety pounds of produce—from only about $200 worth of seeds and mulch.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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They also say they are good for the economy, external, attracting investment, generating tax revenue and creating jobs in areas like construction.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
The U.S. is also Bombardier’s single largest market for business jets, generating a substantial portion of its overall revenues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Users also reported that Meta's artificial intelligence tools were not generating images related to Lula.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
It has been celebrated for its unexpected boost to the local economy, with Busan Mayor Chun Jae-soo thanking it for generating publicity he said would otherwise have cost "trillions".
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Both had trouble generating conviction of their own but no trouble at all reacting to what they viewed as the false conviction of others.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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