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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
The government aims to generate 70 percent of the country's electricity from renewable sources by 2030, including wind power.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
By repeating this carefully timed pattern, the snakes generate continuous forward rolling motion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 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
For a start, his radical notions questioned the foundations of their discipline, seldom an effective way to generate warmth in an audience.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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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
In addition to its recent acquisition of AI software firm Cursor, SpaceX generates revenue by providing computing power to rival AI companies such as Anthropic and Google while developing its own models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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
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
You cannot “see” this cube nor feel its edges—but it shares the one property that all physical objects must possess: it generates shadows.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Golden State Valkyries have generated $100 million so far this year and have sold out every game of their two seasons at the Chase Center.
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
One of the most striking findings concerns Spinosaurus, a giant prehistoric dinosaur whose relationship with water has generated considerable controversy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
"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
But the second problem, Herschel thought, was more tractable: Once life had been created, what process generated the observed diversity of the natural world?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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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
Users also reported that Meta's artificial intelligence tools were not generating images related to Lula.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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
Powerful solar events can disturb Earth's magnetic field, potentially generating unwanted electrical currents in infrastructure and affecting systems that depend on reliable satellite signals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The division was generating almost $2 billion a year in profits.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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