generator
Example Sentences
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Instead of battery-powered electric motors working to support the gas powertrain, as in many contemporary hybrids, the gas motor serves as a generator to charge the electric powertrain’s battery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
He says he and colleagues raced towards the site thinking a generator had exploded – unable to imagine it could be the reactor itself.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Although he saved his home and work studio, he said he lost a power washer, an emergency backup generator, a water tank and a log splitter gifted by his father, who died in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Tesla has been a consistent generator of free cash flow, but it isn’t expected to produce positive free cash flow this year.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
The gasoline generator that lights up the palace makes such a horrid bellowing, day and night, that all the monkeys have fled the vicinity.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing generator
Physical Science - Energy - Middle School
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Electrical Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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