as in to create
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers
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Recent Examples of generate
Unlike scripted mascots, the humanoid is designed to interact dynamically with people in real-world settings, using a mix of proprietary AI tools and existing technologies to generate responses during live conversations.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Some examples include calculating protein macros for a recipe, generating side-by-side comparison tables from multiple tabs, and creating summaries of long documents or websites.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026
Robinhood’s prediction markets hub is now a year old, generating $350 million in annual recurring revenue, and accounting for some 30% of Kalshi total volume.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
The point underlines the broader commercial afterlife the Goyas can generate for a film.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Some examples include calculating protein macros for a recipe, generating side-by-side comparison tables from multiple tabs, and creating summaries of long documents or websites.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026
Robinhood’s prediction markets hub is now a year old, generating $350 million in annual recurring revenue, and accounting for some 30% of Kalshi total volume.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
The point underlines the broader commercial afterlife the Goyas can generate for a film.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generate
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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,
18 Apr. 2026
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It was created nearly 20 years ago to help struggling vinyl stores when record sales were dying off.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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One example might be the inconvenience caused by a mass political uprising, one that risks the security, safety, and comfort of its participants.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The committee will hold public hearings to learn what caused the collapse and how similar accidents can be avoided in the future.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Community members are asked to bring their own bags.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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This thing that brings us into the world can so quickly be deemed indecent.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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That recipe produced 4 2/3 scoreless innings before his brother Aaden came on to get the save in a 6-0 Fox Valley Conference victory over the host Rockets.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Sony Pictures Television, where Roberts is under an overall deal, will produce.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2026
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This show, which still prompts belly laughs from my daughter and me even after countless rewatches, meets and surpasses my mother’s bar.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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The deadline has prompted security engineers to focus preparations to ward off harvest-now-decrypt-later (HNDL, and also store now, decrypt later) threats, in which adversaries squirrel away encrypted data flowing over the Internet with the plan of decrypting it on Q-Day—the date a CRQC arrives.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
17 Apr. 2026
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That leaves Washington at a strange juncture, with widespread agreement among lawmakers that something should be done to address the issue of prediction markets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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LaCava said money is set aside for a complete repaving of Via Capri once utility work in the area is done.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Generate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generate. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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