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[jen-uh-rayt] / ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt /


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"Piracy… is taking up a larger and larger share of the revenues that they would anticipate being able to generate through their subscription models. So yes, it is a worry for them."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

That suggests that Allied’s two key backers stand to generate a substantial gain if the business is sold to SoftBank at $18 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Even as the bird raises its wings during the upward portion of each wingbeat, it continues to generate thrust, the force that helps propel it forward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Everyday actions generate billions of these nanoparticles, Yan noted, from washing a load of laundry to reheating a dish in the microwave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

“I suppose you’re right. Now, let’s see if we can’t generate a few more miracles between the two of us and save some of these miserable people.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

"At high speeds underwater, a torpedo generates significant noise, making it easier to detect," Yang said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

At the cathode, oxygen reduction generates reactive oxygen species that initiate the oxygen-transfer reaction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The French semiconductor-materials maker generates revenue from Photonics-SOI—a platform to integrate photonic components on a silicon-on-insulator substrate that are widely used in data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Ticketing revenue generates less than 20% of our total revenue from The Open," Darbon says.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Some musk which my system generates must be especially appealing to the authorities of the government.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The more ROS a plastic type generated, the more damage they observed in the cells.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Regardless of its exact path, large ocean swells generated by the hurricane were expected to create hazardous conditions along portions of Mexico's southwestern and west-central coastlines in the following days.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Porsche generated so much profit for its owner, Volkswagen, that the parent company in 2022 appointed Blume to be its own CEO—on top of his job at Porsche.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

During its investor day, Anthropic shared that it generated $16.8 billion in the quarter that ended Sept. 30.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The foundation had an endowment of roughly $22 billion, which generated about $1.1 billion in annual income to spend on various projects, about half of it to improve global health.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

But acknowledging a property’s cheesy elements isn’t the same as generating consistent laughs from the situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

She said the GMCA's loan scheme had been successful in building more homes in the city and generating a return on that investment.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The strong updrafts inside these clouds can disturb the surrounding atmosphere, generating waves that travel upward into the stratosphere and mesosphere.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Under the strategy, investors go long on stocks but also bet against them, generating returns but at the same time creating losses that reduce tax liability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

SD-03 continued rolling directly to the center of the roof, where a high-level Sixer wizard sat holding the Orb of Osuvox—the artifact generating the spherical shield around the castle.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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