as in to create
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers
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Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Diggins was visibly uncomfortable late in the sprint after a fast start, struggling to generate power in the finishing stretch.
—Derek Gatopoulos, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026
That can generate low or moderate popping and cracking noises in floors, HVAC ducts and pipes.
—Jessica Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Their vote means all local sales, use and up to 8% transient guest tax revenues generated on about 236 acres in KCK would go back to the stadium project bond debt for up to 30 years.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
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Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Diggins was visibly uncomfortable late in the sprint after a fast start, struggling to generate power in the finishing stretch.
—Derek Gatopoulos, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026
That can generate low or moderate popping and cracking noises in floors, HVAC ducts and pipes.
—Jessica Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Their vote means all local sales, use and up to 8% transient guest tax revenues generated on about 236 acres in KCK would go back to the stadium project bond debt for up to 30 years.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generate
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Armchair analysis fills the space that is created by the absence of available facts.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Another measure, House Bill 1645, would create state versions of FEMA programs as Mississippi officials prepare for reduced federal disaster support.—
ALEX ROZIER Mississippi Today,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The crash was reported shortly after noon and was caused by a 92-year-old woman driving a Toyota Prius, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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The explosion, which ripped through the mosque during Friday prayers, was caused by a suicide bomber, police told CNN.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Shock Treatment Next week will also bring a fresh set of numbers from some of the biggest players in the European healthcare space, namely pharma giant AstraZeneca and Philips.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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The biggest event in sports has arrived, and the NFL’s final game of the season brought the biggest names in the sport to the West Coast this week.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Our show is expertly produced, as always by Chris McLeod of Blue Elevator Productions and our very own Josh Billinson.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Karacasu Tekstil did its part, launching its Spinnovation collection of yarns that use half as much water and produce half as many carbon emissions.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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In a sign of how bitter relations have sunk, in January star Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman had his Indian Premier League contract abruptly canceled, prompting Dhaka to ban broadcasts of the league in retaliation.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Many of the posts linked to Tribune coverage published in July 2024 about Modrowski’s prison release, prompting a sudden spike of more than 30,000 pageviews since Sunday, according to the media outlet’s content analytics.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The southern Portuguese city of Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles from Lisbon, was battling rising waters from the river Sado, with downtown areas flooded and water levels measuring roughly 7 feet high in some places.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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For people that are not tracking what that actually means, that means that ICE can do almost no arrests in the entire country … If a court rules that there’s a final order of removal, they’re removed actually by an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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