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generative

adjective

Definition of generativenext
as in producing

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Recent Examples of generative New York — New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 As in Seneca’s metaphor of honey-making, the ingredients determine the taste of the product, but they are entirely transformed by the generative process. — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Today, generative video tools have become a vital engine for rapid iteration. — Coco Mao, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF climbed roughly 5% Software stocks have taken a hit this year on fears that generative artificial intelligence could disrupt the software-as-a-service, or SaaS, business model. — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for generative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generative
  1. producing
  2. fertile
  3. productive
  4. fecund
  5. fruitful
  6. bearing
  7. prolific
  8. yielding
Adjective
  • It was announced shortly thereafter that Amazon and Sony, which is co-producing, were recasting the part.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The series is produced by Jason Bowers and Jacob Mosler, World Within’s COO, with Radhika Womack co-producing.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of producing
Adjective
  • Still, this is fertile ground for massive shifts, both personally and at a larger scale.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The country also represents about 10 to 15 percent of Autry’s global online sales, signaling the ground is fertile.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of fertile
Adjective
  • The Lions will lose athleticism in Miller, but if Borom can hold his own, the offense can still have a productive night.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Since industrial logging began more than a century ago, most of Vancouver Island’s productive old-growth forests — those capable of growing the large trees characteristic of the island’s rainforests — have been cut.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of productive
Adjective
  • There is only one Picasso, but Basquiat had that kind of fecund imagination, that endlessly varied and prolific joy.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • The negative space between gems becomes animal habitats for creatures drawn from the depths of a fecund imagination.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Definition of fecund
Adjective
  • Starring Oscar nominees Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as the controversial parents in question, Fjord won the Palme d’Or in May, its backing by the great Cannes-to-Oscars whisperer that is Neon signaling a fruitful fall awards run.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Around the same time, Foster had signed on with Nashville management company Red Light, which also worked with Larkin Poe, leading to another fruitful connection.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of fruitful
Adjective
  • And the lichen also avoids non-bearing rocks like granite, sandstone, and quartzite, where its occurrence dropped to less than one percent.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bearing
Adjective
  • The case cast Letby as one of Britain’s most prolific child serial killers.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The prolific costume designer and Southern California native died Monday, according to a tribute posted to his official Instagram page.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of prolific
Adjective
  • These resources can be used to breed new varieties of crops that are higher yielding, more resilient to climate change, and more nutritious.
    — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Lead—dense but yielding, silvery but ashen, handy but deadly—was long used for this purpose.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
Definition of yielding

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“Generative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generative. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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