generative

Definition of generativenext

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Recent Examples of generative That pact, announced last spring, allows EDGLRD to deploy Runway’s generative tools across its films, immersive projects and brand work, while also giving Runway access to Korine’s boundary-pushing creative output. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026 With this change, many generative artificial intelligence tools that provide diagnostic suggestions or perform supportive tasks like medical history-taking — tools that probably would have required FDA sign-off under the prior policy — could reach clinics without FDA vetting. Katherine E. Goodman, STAT, 15 Jan. 2026 The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education. Cory Turner, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026 People were told that artificial intelligence was the final asteroid in the extinction event prophesied by Trevor Horn, and further told that generative models and algorithmic composition would democratize creation until value ceased to exist. William Jones, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for generative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generative
Adjective
  • The plant in question actually consists of 70 Jurupa oak (Quercus palmeri) stem clusters, only three feet tall, that stand together as a flowering, non-acorn producing clonal colony in the form of a thicket, 82 feet long by 26 feet wide, estimated to be at least 13,000 years old.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Additionally, Sony Pictures Television recently made a deal with Netflix for the domestic library rights to Fox medical drama Doc, whose proceeds are shared by Fox Entertainment as a co-producing partner.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Plant seeds outdoors 5 inches apart in very fertile, slightly acidic soil.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Where California' tule fog forms The Central Valley is fertile ground for the formation of tule fog, a persistent radiation fog, in late autumn and winter, according to NASA.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • But on Tuesday, the two leaders made nice — mostly — in a closed-door meeting at the White House that both described as productive.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Bennett is in the midst of his most productive NHL season — with 19 goals and 42 points through 55 games — but will be deployed in a bottom-six role for Canada.
    Chris Johnston, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • There’s a five-star spa, a hotel restaurant bursting with fecund plants, and soft, warm lighting.
    Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Today, Lagos’s art scene feels more energetic and fecund than ever; the steady institutional development of auction houses and galleries has been instrumental.
    Toyo Odetunde, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The town hall ended with a Cannes-style, lengthy standing ovation for Iger after D’Amaro thanked him for his long and fruitful years of service to the company.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
  • That feels like a really significant shift and a very fruitful starting place for a movie.
    William Earl, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The community’s prolific turnout at sporting events in the region is well known, with basketball games in Qatar sometimes limiting allocations for Filipino fans to avoid home advantage from being lost.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Redmen star senior Tyler Bourgea made a few plays to challenge Matt Wright (13 saves) in net, but Canton effectively shut down the prolific attack by taking it out of its high-flying game.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Lower real interest rates historically reduce the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding assets like silver, while also supporting the industrial activity that drives silver demand in electronics, electric vehicles and green technology.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The warrior is both strong and yielding, capable of decisive action and deliberate restraint.
    Richard P. Weigand, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Hims and Hers’ ‘Sick of the System’ Sick of rich people having access to higher quality healthcare and GLP-1 drugs?
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • With dark chocolate, a bit of espresso, and a chocolate-peppermint ganache on top, these rich brownies have so much flavor in every bite.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026

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“Generative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generative. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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