creating

verb

present participle of create
as in generating
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 creating The design team for Viva is the same one creating Rams Village just a block away, which will feature the team's headquarters, training facility and more residential living on the 52-acre site. — Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Long-term Treasury yields rose to their highest point since 2007, creating another headwind for the economy and lifting borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 If completed, the sale would shore up Spain's leadership in a strategic sector by creating a new olive oil giant that would encompass a range of brands and secure a roughly 15% share of national consumption. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Amentum and Laing O’Rourke now have a role in creating the industrial foundation needed to make that goal possible. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026 People can become infected in one place and travel elsewhere before monitoring teams know they have been exposed, potentially creating new chains of transmission that are difficult to trace. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 The rushing water eroded the landscape, creating a new channel that’s flowing closer and closer to the White River, Finkam explained. — John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026 Effective leaders make deliberate, revisable choices about who to nurture, often creating visible talent through their initial investment rather than just identifying it. — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The 2027 Spirit Awards will also introduce a new Digital Creator Award category, expanding the celebration to independent storytellers creating original work for digital-first platforms and audiences. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creating
  1. generating
  2. bringing
  3. causing
  4. producing
  5. doing
  6. prompting
  7. spawning
  8. working
Verb
  • One bright spot for Labour Apart from generating growth, Burnham and Healey must address other problems that Starmer and Reeves failed to tackle.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Aside from generating electricity, Haiyang made history by turning its namesake city into China’s carbon-free district heating zone.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of generating
Verb
  • Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii’s Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rains that can cause destructive flooding and strong winds that can fuel wildfires.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Mercury conjoins Jupiter in Leo and your 2nd House of Resources, bringing growth to money, pricing, possessions, comfort, and self-worth.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of bringing
Verb
  • On Friday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported two identical incidents of drone strikes on tankers in Hormuz a day earlier, causing minor damage but no casualties.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The area has already be hit hard, with floodwaters washing out roads and causing evacuation of homes.
    — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of causing
Verb
  • After remaining at -13°F for 168 hours, the hydrogel continued producing repeatable electrical signals when exposed to movements such as finger bending and fingertip pressing.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Although far from perfect, AI systems are getting much better at producing clean, reliable code.
    — Cheryl Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of producing
Verb
  • On the flip side, doing the wrong thing meant point deductions.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Titans drove 95 yards on their opening possession with Ward completing two passes and Tennessee doing most of the work on the ground by controlling the line of scrimmage.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • Though the operation took place at the workshop of the Crown Jeweller, Garrard & Company, British artisans lacked the requisite skill, prompting the Prince to hire master cutters from Amsterdam’s Royal Coster Diamonds.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
  • It's also given rise to smuggling schemes to bring AI hardware into China, prompting international investigations and the arrests of many high-profile employees at companies such as Super Micro and Nvidia.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of prompting
Verb
  • For three decades, rap legend and cultural icon Tupac Shakur’s killing has remained one of America’s great unsolved mysteries, spawning countless books, documentaries and long-form investigative journalism pieces.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The pandemic made remote work more accessible, spawning widespread digital nomad travel.
    — Maria Leonard Olsen, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of spawning
Verb
  • Fernandes says the north side of the park is much better than the south side because his team is working section by section to bring change, noting that a safe park is critical to the well-being of the people who live in the area.
    — Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • For this fixture, Aaronson seems like the safer, reassuring, hard-working choice Farke will make.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of working

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