GENERATING Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

generating

verb

present participle of generate

as in creating

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 generating The Emsella Treatment chair does the same for the pelvic floor, generating electromagnetic currents that cause pelvic floor muscles to contract and relax rapidly. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026 The combined company would begin life carrying roughly $79 billion in debt while generating only $3 billion in annual free cash flow. —

Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026 Audio should not be stored indefinitely, and systems should be designed to avoid generating biometric identifiers or voiceprints unless explicit consent has been obtained. —

Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 During his tenure, Horner oversaw the creation of Red Bull Powertrains and Red Bull Advanced Technologies, while generating more than $3 billion in commercial revenue through global partnerships and sponsorships. —

Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 22 May 2026 Passages may feel incongruous at times, generating themselves from unknown electrical triggers, but the stretches of silence Doran and Carlile weave throughout act as a kind of connective tissue. —

Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026 Between January and March 2026, 162 international films were shot in Thailand, generating more than $36 million in inbound investment, according to ministry figures. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026 The key to unlocking those gains is higher productivity, or companies generating more sales at a lower cost, than ever before with the help of artificial intelligence. —

Sarah Min, CNBC, 22 May 2026 All of these material properties play a role in generating the potential measured by a probe, independent of any special Casimir forces or vacuum fluctuations. —

Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026

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And while track and field adopted the dual-advancement and dual-medal system, the policy does not easily translate to head-to-head contact sports or other athletic competitions, creating what critics see as a glaring inconsistency across the state.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
David then wakes up inside the woman's body, immediately creating a crisis.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026