as in creates
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 generates
Ninety-five percent of the components of an iPhone, for example—a product family that generates half of Apple’s total revenue—come from overseas, and the vast majority of them are assembled in China.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Also part of this launch is the new NC° Band, a wearable device that generates a prediction on which stage of perimenopause the wearer is in by using biometric data like body temperature and heart rate.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2025
This creates a compound effect where recognition generates visibility, which drives bookings, which creates more opportunities for recognition.
—Ascend Agency, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The Kirkland label, introduced in 1995, now generates more revenue than Nike.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
As with all 4K triple-laser models, the M2 Pro generates its 4K (3,840-by-2,160-pixel) image by reflecting its three laser colors, one at a time, off the mirrors of a 1,920-by-1,080-pixel DLP chip equipped with TI's XPR fast-switch pixel shifting.
—PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Jenkins plays within himself, generates paint touches that collapse opposing defenses and can score from all three levels.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The system mimics how the human body generates energy from food, using enzymes and natural molecules to convert glucose into usable power.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Unlike my fictional narratives—or Melville’s or Nabokov’s—the text that ChatGPT generates isn’t directly written by OpenAI at all.
—Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Also part of this launch is the new NC° Band, a wearable device that generates a prediction on which stage of perimenopause the wearer is in by using biometric data like body temperature and heart rate.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2025
This creates a compound effect where recognition generates visibility, which drives bookings, which creates more opportunities for recognition.
—Ascend Agency, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
The Kirkland label, introduced in 1995, now generates more revenue than Nike.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
As with all 4K triple-laser models, the M2 Pro generates its 4K (3,840-by-2,160-pixel) image by reflecting its three laser colors, one at a time, off the mirrors of a 1,920-by-1,080-pixel DLP chip equipped with TI's XPR fast-switch pixel shifting.
—PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Jenkins plays within himself, generates paint touches that collapse opposing defenses and can score from all three levels.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The system mimics how the human body generates energy from food, using enzymes and natural molecules to convert glucose into usable power.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Unlike my fictional narratives—or Melville’s or Nabokov’s—the text that ChatGPT generates isn’t directly written by OpenAI at all.
—Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generates
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The hydrogel’s design creates a huge challenge space.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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The bill also specifies that if an AI causes harm, the human owners or developers would be responsible.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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By replicating the visual fidelity of reality, retina E-paper brings science closer to creating virtual worlds that the human eye cannot distinguish from the real one.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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The process brings hemp fibers down to 35 millimeters so it can be spun in a blend on existing cotton spinning systems.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Loom is a tech platform that connects users with designers to upcycle unworn clothes, PulpaTronics produces metal-free, chip-less RFID paper tags and Renasens creates waterless, chemical-free technology that turns blended textile waste into raw materials.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Cocoa prices have more than doubled over the past two years because of poor weather and blights in West Africa, which produces more than 70% of the world’s cocoa.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The winger’s turn prompts Vinicius to leave his man, Pierre Kalulu, to join the press.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The central story of a young boy learning rituals from elders prompts universal questions about how spirituality can guide and limit our lives.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There’s a lot of stuff in the ocean, and marine debris tends to aggregate in the same places as does the whale sharks’ primary prey.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the bench does it more naturally, but the running didn’t stop when the starters were together.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Generates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generates. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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