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The deal will generate about $300 million in annual savings within two years of its close, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Fire Department already has a budget nearing $1 billion and the tax is expected to generate another $345 million annually to the department that has long said it is woefully underfunded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
We’ve also noticed several ads in which AI was used to generate crowds or constituents.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald’s Muse is modeling for Micron to generate about $150 billion in free cash flow next year, and about $182 billion in 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
And so, to generate $1 billion in triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds, Goldman Sachs did not need to originate $50 billion in home loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Still socially awkward, the rendition of Zuckerberg is now one of a powerful, globally known figure, whose platform generates billions of dollars and is used by millions of people.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Their motion creates electrical resistance and generates heat, which can ultimately destroy the superconducting state.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
There also will be a new expense mobile app that automatically generates spending reports based on purchases, so employees don’t have to create the reports manually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Input tokens cover what a user submits in a query, while output tokens represent what the model generates in response.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Connecting the corners of that pentagon with lines generates a small, upside-down, five-pointed star, which is exactly the same as the original star in its proportions.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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NSW coal generated Aus$23.4 billion in exports last year, with most shipped for electricity generation to South Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The antennas blast out electromagnetic signals generated by computers connected to the poles and housed in protective cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Season 35 of “DWTS” has already generated $5.7 million in trading volume as of Monday, Kalshi told me.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Cristinacce said about 50% of the charity's money is generated from grant funding.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
What the children learned from the notes was this: The Institute on Nomansan Island generated all its own electricity using the power of the tides—an endless source of energy.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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"What was especially remarkable was that the cells we're generating in vivo actually look better than what we make in the lab," Eyquem said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students and forcing teachers to devise innovative methods to detect cheating and evaluate assignments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The only thing I can think of that’s worse than getting stuck on Greatest Hits or Top 40 is pushing a button and generating “infinite personalized music” with no human influence.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Case Keenum reads the defense and gets the ball out fast; coach Ben Johnson’s offense is strong, and the defense is generating turnovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Watson and Crick proposed that each DNA strand was used to generate a copy of itself—thereby generating two double helices from the original double helix.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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