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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 It will be closed by leaders who decide that creating new value beats endlessly compressing old value. — Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026 In the flickering flame of firelight, the stutters take on a zoetrope effect, creating the illusion of rhinos in motion. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 The process can produce biogas that can subsequently be processed into renewable natural gas, while also creating other potentially useful resources from organic waste. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026 Jose Torres, Calvo’s chief of staff, confirmed last week that the current concept calls for creating the museum in the center of the library’s first floor, potentially displaying antique cars owned by the city, as well as photographs and paintings. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 Frictions in e-commerce The rapid success of Muse is already creating some friction within the world of online shopping. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 But Da Corte and Onli went several steps beyond the de rigueur motions of creating a hit show. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 Staff can see the dollar value of the sale and the method used to pay without creating a separate pricing structure for the transaction. — Karen Koehler, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Re-creating the Herculaneum scrolls To date, one entire scroll and passages from others have been deciphered, largely thanks to the Vesuvius Challenge, a project launched in 2023 that encourages researchers to decode scrolls for cash prizes. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creating
  1. generating
  2. bringing
  3. causing
  4. producing
  5. doing
  6. prompting
  7. spawning
  8. working
Verb
  • It is typically thought that generating new traits takes long periods of evolutionary time.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Jackson has had difficulty generating the same enthusiasm among voters as his predecessor, Platner, who consistently held town halls across the state and had a viral social media presence.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of generating
Verb
  • Like all the other participants in the beginning class, Bugumba also has an artistic bent, bringing a tumbler artistically decorated with cat logos and a phone case covered with feline pictures.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Moon in your partnership zone squares Mercury in your domestic sphere, bringing competing needs into the same room.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of bringing
Verb
  • In July, nearly 4,000 megawatts of data center load suddenly dropped off the public grid in Northern Virginia, part of PJM, the largest regional transmission organization in the US, causing rapid spikes in grid frequency and voltage.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Last year, immigration raids and tariffs hung over the celebration causing the event and mas bands to make adjustments.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of causing
Verb
  • Out of the more than 7,000 wine-producing châteaus in the region, 21 were highlighted by Michelin despite not earning a grape; then 38 received one, 16 were awarded two, and nine achieved the highest distinction of three.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
  • By contrast, the other oil-producing countries in the Persian Gulf are getting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iran’s efforts to scare away shipping with drone and missile attacks.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of producing
Verb
  • CreativeFuture, the nonprofit advocating for creative copyright protections, was doing their own work, as were representatives from the TV Academy.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • So the idea is that a particle has definite properties independent of what distant particles are doing.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • The failure spread through the electrical system as far as Matanzas province, prompting the eastern portion of the island to disconnect from the grid.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The deaths came amid late-season monsoon storms pounding the Navajo Nation, damaging roads, inundating remote communities and prompting a state of emergency.
    — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of prompting
Verb
  • The Dutch series, which premiered in 2010, was the first iteration of what would become a global singing-competition franchise, eventually spawning more than 150 adaptations around the world.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In 2024 and 2025, the Bureau of Reclamation poured colder water through the dam’s river bypass tubes — a deeper outlet than the hydropower intakes — to prevent smallmouth bass from spawning there.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of spawning
Verb
  • The team has already constructed a working proof-of-concept that measures magnetic fields by reading the spin states of the NV centers.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Agents working with lower-risk candidates may simply be fellow migrants who speak Thai and can help confused and scared people navigate a complex bureaucracy.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of working

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“Creating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creating. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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