generator

noun

ˈje-nə-ˌrā-tər How to pronounce generator (audio)
Definition of generatornext
as in creator
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the French painter Paul Cézanne is considered to be one of the principal generators of modern art

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Recent Examples of generator Among them were noise from backup generators and details surrounding the facility's cooling system. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 This isn’t an isolated generator either, it is tied into the current session and pulls in the musical context of your current project. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2026 Even American truck makers have adopted the tech, with the Ram 1500 Ramcharger using a V6 generator to tow heavy loads without plug-in constraints. — New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026 Anthropic's order from ERock is for its RockBlock generators, with operations and maintenance (O & M) services following in separate contracts, according to Bank of America. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for generator
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generator
  1. creator
  2. founder
  3. father
  4. inventor
  5. author
  6. maker
Noun
  • Chef and content creator Pierce Abernathy is known for sharing recipes with his social media followers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Marketers running always-on creator programs should mark August 24 as a break in the series and shift year-over-year comparisons to engaged views, which YouTube says preserves the old definition.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of creator
Noun
  • What those founders were building looked very different from the Waubonsee Community College of today.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Lane is vice president and founder of the Envisioning Studio at Google, an AI prototyping lab that explores emerging technologies.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of founder
Noun
  • Vernon, meanwhile, is encouraging people to remember that there was a man, a husband and father behind the headlines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • His six children inherited the franchise through a family trust, with Jeanie continuing to oversee the team’s business operations and succeeding her father as the Lakers’ representative on the NBA Board of Governors.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of father
Noun
  • The list highlights female entrepreneurs, scientists, inventors and artists who are proving that a career’s second half can be its most impactful.
    — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Cristin Milioti was in her sweet spot as lovable mess Hazel, who left college a decade ago to marry tech titan Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen), a control-freak inventor whose toxic quirks evoke many real-world counterparts.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventor
Noun
  • Assessing the entries this year were a total of six panels, comprised of independent experts from across the industry, including top writers, authors and broadcasters from England and Scotland.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Follow-up research is needed to really prove bedbugs actually are spreading MRSA to people, said one of the study's authors, Jose Pietri, who is now at Purdue University.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of author
Noun
  • Scout told local news outlet PhillyVoice that BlackStar Projects, Monument Lab, DesignPhiladelphia, the Stained Glass Project, and 45 other artists, makers, and small retail businesses have currently signed on as tenants within the development.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But this is where the specialist mindset of a manager or deal-maker comes to the fore.
    — Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of maker

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