- present tense form of generate (3rd person singular).
generates
Example Sentences
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The Moon no longer generates a global magnetic field, but traces of its ancient magnetism remain locked inside lunar rocks and soil.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
In El Niño years, warm air rising off the Pacific Ocean generates high-altitude winds that blow east toward the tropical Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
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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