How to Use generator in a Sentence
generator
noun- This new product will be a major revenue generator.
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To the east, the blank wall of an 8-story garage, and the hum of a generator encased in it.
— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024 -
The result was that the set was like a dopamine generator.
— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023 -
The e-motor on the ’box also acts as the starter motor and a generator.
— WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023 -
Try out this Elf on the Shelf name generator and create a moniker all your own!
— Melissa Mills, Parents, 12 Dec. 2023 -
In the evening, a generator is switched on, and everyone comes to charge their phones.
— Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023 -
The nacelles that house the generator for each wind turbine are there, too.
— Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023 -
Small home generators are designed to run for hours or days, not weeks and months.
— CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024 -
The engine acts solely as a generator, kicking in once the 80 miles of range from the 31 kwh battery has run out.
— Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2023 -
But the batteries are mainly there to handle the tiny gap in time that generators need to kick in.
— Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024 -
And the longer that sand sits in one place, the more dust that place generates: The world’s great dust generator lies in North Africa: the vast expanses of the Sahara.
— Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 4 May 2023 -
Each one was laden with supplies: generators, propane tanks, trash bags full of clothing, and ready-to-eat meals.
— Reis Thebault, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023 -
The music files were being used as datasets to train AI voice generators, which could then churn out deepfake tracks in the styles of these singers.
— Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 23 June 2023 -
In the end, the L.A. Coliseum show earned $3.7 million. Kx5 didn’t have to cover the cost of a new generator.
— Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Below, crews pulled up the metal dredge to check for jammed logs and rock as giant generators hummed.
— USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023 -
Humans could choose to burn coal in a power plant to heat the water into steam and spin a generator.
— Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023 -
To his right is a large pipe marked where the carbon-spewing generators used to connect to the rest of the snowmaking system.
— Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Instead, the engine can recharge the battery, working as a small generator to give it extra mileage on the go.
— Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024 -
As a general rule, porches and decks are too close to a home to be safe for running a generator.
— Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2022 -
With the power cut, a generator pumped running water to the building for only an hour a day.
— Vivian Yee, New York Times, 4 May 2023 -
Somehow the noise of the generator that powers all the lights and other luxuries doesn’t flare ducks.
— Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024 -
The agency is the state’s third-largest revenue generator.
— Andrew Selsky, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023 -
The agency is the state's third-largest revenue generator.
— CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023 -
Flash said Scabby can inflate in about a minute and a half with a generator and deflate in about 30 seconds.
— Mae Anderson, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023 -
Trucks play a key role in Ford profits, with the F-Series being the top revenue generator.
— Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Her family has made plans to set up a whole house generator.
— Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023 -
Three years ago, a 24-kilowatt whole house generator was connected to the home.
— Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024 -
On Saturday Patrick’s family made the two-hour drive to Lufkin, Texas to buy a generator.
— Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023 -
It’s got generative AI photo editing, and fun AI portrait generator.
— Ben Sin, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 -
Google’s premium image generator, Imagen 3, comes integrated with the app.
— Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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