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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
The company expects to generate $8.4 billion to $8.5 billion in sales during the new year, compared with 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
The success of a scientific research programme thus depends not on its ability to generate new knowledge but on its ability to mobilize the support of a community.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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 movement of liquid iron in the outer core generates the magnetic field that protects the planet from charged particles released by the Sun.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Whatnot said that sellers who break only make up 4% of sellers on the platform but declined to provide numbers on how much revenue that subset generates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
One of the most encouraging developments has come out of Australia, where renewable energy now generates enough power to run 70 percent of Australian homes.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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Armed with the cash generated by selling around a third of the club to Bezos and company, Liverpool will seek to dethrone Arsenal and claim a record 21st English title.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
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
These implicated the U.S. in a plot to overthrow the Tanzanian government and generated anti-American press coverage across the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
And if each combination generated a unique effect on height, Fisher found, the result smoothened out.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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"Our broadcast numbers are looking good, our online audiences are generating great numbers, and we're growing. We're doing great stuff, so I think it has been our best year."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Díaz took the mound and hit Andrew Vaughn with his seventh pitch, generating a smattering of boos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Nodaway developers promise to build their own generating capacity, so the data center’s effect on the grid would be minor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
After the GAC dashed his dream of a reactor, Ernest mobilized the Rad Lab to find another way of generating a heavy neutron flux.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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