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generate

[jen-uh-rayt] / ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt /


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They even generate a similar amount of revenue.

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

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

By enabling farmers to generate food surpluses, food production permitted farming societies to support full-time craft specialists who did not grow their own food and who developed technologies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

The French semiconductor-materials maker generates revenue from Photonics-SOI—a platform to integrate photonic components on a silicon-on-insulator substrate that are widely used in data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Ticketing revenue generates less than 20% of our total revenue from The Open," Darbon says.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

A fully computer generated dragon is easier to believe than digital or prop wings tacked onto an actor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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

"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

On these firmer surfaces, muscle cells grew in better alignment and generated stronger contractions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

But in the South it generated even more contempt for the national press, and that animosity has lingered beyond the Civil Rights Era.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"As AI systems become more capable of generating novel decisions and acting with greater autonomy, we need to ensure that their behaviour remains safe, reliable and under meaningful human control," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

GE owned NBC, and “Seinfeld” was its critical moneymaker, generating $200 million in profit annually, or around 20% of NBC’s total operating income.

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

Such changes can occur when an asteroid strikes at tremendous speed, generating powerful shock waves that pass through the surrounding rock.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

They often pass through my mind, usually without generating any particular feeling.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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