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Example Sentences
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The company told potential buyers in a bond issue that it generated more than $500 million in profit last year, according to documents seen by The Wall Street Journal.
This mattered in a country where 65% of 1.4 billion people live in rural areas and nearly half rely on farming, which generates insufficient income, accounting for just 16% of India's GDP.
From BBC
The film made its debut at Sundance, where it generated so much buzz it had to be pulled from the festival’s online platform because of piracy concerns.
From Los Angeles Times
In other cases, the industrious gizmos recline in circulating baths of fluid, which ferries away the heat they generate, enabling them to function at very high speeds, known as "overclocking".
From BBC
Hu was accused of generating millions of dollars in China as a direct result of her connections, then hiding the money as the couple spent lavishly.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
