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 Last year, Holscher and Corson both voted to approve a 20-year sales tax exemptions for developers who commit to investing $250 million and creating at least 20 permanent jobs. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 Creator culture can imitate the feeling of belonging without creating the lasting structure of belonging. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Lario stressed that hunger and conflict often reinforce one another, creating a cycle that is difficult to break without greater stability. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 The three companies are creating a new engine to meet the high power, propulsion, and cooling needs of the future fighter. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026 This serves as the first observational evidence that the same mechanisms that allow galaxies to grow and cluster, creating the largest structures in the universe, also shape their magnetic fields. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 July 2026 Iran’s new energy weapon Following the start of US- and Israeli-led attacks on February 28, Iran almost immediately declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, creating the largest oil supply shock in history. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 That’s because commercial electrodes are prefabricated and then applied to the skin, creating an air gap that weakens sensor readings. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026 Daylight Saving Time begins on March 8 and moves the clock forward one hour creating longer evenings and darker mornings. — Mary Ella Hastings july 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creating
  1. generating
  2. bringing
  3. causing
  4. producing
  5. doing
  6. prompting
  7. spawning
  8. working
Verb
  • Multiple schools are at the center of incidents in which teens are facing legal consequences for generating fake explicit images of their classmates.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The wearables generating circadian scores A growing crop of devices now translates light exposure, temperature, movement and heart-rate data into circadian metrics.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026
Definition of generating
Verb
  • Japanese festivals often serve as ways for deities to be brought into the streets for sacred or ritual purposes while also bringing communities together in celebration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • However, the Scarpetta actress broke Met Gala rules by bringing her eldest daughter as her plus-one to the biggest night in fashion on May 4.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 18 July 2026
Definition of bringing
Verb
  • These much larger centers have begun sprouting up across the nation and making headlines for sucking up communities’ water, spiking power bills and causing other environmental issues.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • Jacob Shacarr Lawrence pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of fleeing a police officer’s vehicle causing serious injury, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Definition of causing
Verb
  • With the aim of producing an addition 200,000 degrees beyond the 1 million already projected for 2030, the university set goals to improve its graduation rates.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • Animal viruses jump to humans in the wild hundreds of thousands of times a year, usually producing negligible infections, occasionally sparking an outbreak.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of producing
Verb
  • An easy way to keep your bones strong is doing weight-bearing exercises.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026
  • One household’s squeeze may look nothing like its neighbor’s, but trace each far enough back and the same few fractures are doing the work.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • More broadly, Iran’s attacks have also punctured confidence and security in the Gulf, disrupting tourism and air travel in a key global transport node, and prompting some expats to flee.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Each was cast as the antagonist in the game that saw England’s exit, prompting invective from rival supporters on their return and a siege mentality in Manchester.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of prompting
Verb
  • These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • The film has proved both controversial and enduring, spawning an eight-film franchise and earning its chainsaw-wielding antagonist, Leatherface, a spot among film’s most iconic horror villains.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
Definition of spawning
Verb
  • For the lifelong dancer, working with choreographer Kenny Ortega was a dream come true.
    — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
  • Dolce & Gabbana obviously got there first and have been working with the soccer celebrity for some years now.
    — Dylan Jones, Robb Report, 16 July 2026
Definition of working

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