- present tense form of generate (3rd person singular).
generates
Example Sentences
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The most famous are "lying flat", when people opt out of the rat race entirely, and "involution", a rather clunky term now commonly used to describe intense competition which generates little meaningful reward.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Amazon is an e-commerce platform, but it also generates about 10% of its revenue from advertising.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
At the same time, industry generates vast quantities of silicon-rich waste, including coal ash residue, red mud, mine tailings, concrete debris, waste glass, and metallurgical slag.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Manufacturing generates $382 billion a year for California and supports 1.24 million jobs, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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
