How to Use generator in a Sentence

generator

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  • This new product will be a major revenue generator.
  • 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
  • Try out this Elf on the Shelf name generator and create a moniker all your own!
    — Melissa Mills, Parents, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The nacelles that house the generator for each wind turbine are there, too.
    — Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • Below, crews pulled up the metal dredge to check for jammed logs and rock as giant generators hummed.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Her family has made plans to set up a whole house generator.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • On Saturday Patrick’s family made the two-hour drive to Lufkin, Texas to buy a generator.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023
  • If your generator makes excessive noise or gives off fumes, it will be shut off.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Think rooftop solar panels paired with a battery in the garage, or a backup diesel generator.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • The team quickly found the mine pit, an ugly gouge of muddy water with a pump, a giant hose, and a sluice, along with a truck engine that served as a generator.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Gaza's sole power plant shut down last week, forcing Palestinians to rely on generators, and no fuel has gone in since the start of the war.
    — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The wave ended up flooding the plant and stopping the emergency generators.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 7 July 2023
  • Stay safe for hurricane season 2023 with these deals on generators, first aid kits and more.
    — Jane Onyanga-Omara Julius Lasin usa Today, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • Having this generator in your basement or garage may give you some peace of mind when severe weather blows in.
    — Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
  • The vessel also has two electric generators in the shafts that recharge the batteries when under way.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Riddell said auto dealerships are among the largest tax generators that a city can have.
    — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
  • There’s no polite way to describe what this prompt conjured from the AI image generator.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2024
  • But in the event that the base needs more power, or an independent backup source, bases often turn to diesel generators.
    — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The engineer on watch forgot to throw a switch that would prevent the generators from overheating, leading to the outage.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • After the humans vote—a process that also trains the prompt generator and taste model—the winning image is minted and sold to the highest bidder.
    — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Sora is above and beyond any current AI video generators, which feel more like stop-motion reels than true videos.
    — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
  • See more Unlike Toyota's new tool, Kia's system is not a text-to-image generator.
    — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 21 June 2023
  • Costs can rise by 25% on days when there is no electricity and a generator is needed to work the pumps, or when water sellers must go farther to fetch it.
    — Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023

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