as in to generate
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
it was your negligence that created this mess
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Recent Examples of create
Since then, millions have crossed the border into Afghanistan, including people who were born in Pakistan decades ago and had built lives and created businesses there.
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Munir Ahmed, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
The penny was first created in 1792 and was one of the first coins authorized under the Coinage Act.
—News Service Of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
It was created to support unmanned antisubmarine warfare and covert maritime missions, providing naval forces with persistent situational awareness in complex environments.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
Lung created The Monsters universe and its dozen of denizens in 2015.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Munir Ahmed, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
The penny was first created in 1792 and was one of the first coins authorized under the Coinage Act.
—News Service Of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
It was created to support unmanned antisubmarine warfare and covert maritime missions, providing naval forces with persistent situational awareness in complex environments.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
Lung created The Monsters universe and its dozen of denizens in 2015.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for create
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The island runs its own desalination plant, generates minimal waste by the simple math of feeding its inhabitants largely from what grows on the property, and has preserved native forest, wetland gardens, and a hardwood canopy that most neighboring islands cleared decades ago.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Strikes have continued throughout the weekend, killing civilians, damaging property and bringing air and water traffic to a standstill.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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His goal Saturday was his 32nd of the season, bringing him within one of tying his career high.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
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This could have caused the plaque to chip off and cause a fatal heart attack or stroke any time over the next 5-10 years, maybe even sooner.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Carrick ignored it, deciding not to change a formula up front that has ended up producing five wins and a draw from his first six matches back in the dugout.—
Ian Irving,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Even if some kilns had continued producing ceramics, the Yuan Dynasty fell in 1368 and the first Ming emperor banned commercial trade around 1371, so even conservative estimates for dating the shipwreck still fall between the late 1320s and 1371, according to the study.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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In response to a market-moving piece of dystopian fan fiction fearmongering about AI, Citadel Securities put out its own brief on the historical precedent for AI’s impact and the improbability that the technology will render humans unemployable any more than the typewriter or the internet did.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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More than 20 states currently have agreements with the agency permitting them to do so; Landry, the Louisiana Secretary of State, highlighted that SAVE had been used in her state’s ongoing investigation.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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But now, with the bloodless spectacle of a button being pushed to prompt a computer to decide the league-phase fixtures, then variables for the knockouts limited to deciding which of two pre-determined teams the winners of the play-offs would face, the old way actually seems quite diverting.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Afghanistan launched strikes Thursday in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes Sunday that killed civilians in border areas, prompting Pakistan to respond with strikes on Kabul.—
Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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