How to Use generator in a Sentence

generator

noun
  • This new product will be a major revenue generator.
  • The agency is the state's third-largest revenue generator.
    CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The agency is the state’s third-largest revenue generator.
    Andrew Selsky, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Before the media rights explosion, the gate was the league’s largest revenue generator.
    Maury Brown, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Gas stations around the state have already run out of fuel as people attempt to either leave the state or have fuel on stock for at-home generators.
    Kristian Burt, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
  • He’s built himself an impressive fortress with a generator, sturdy gates, a greenhouse with plenty of food, and even a shed with hundreds of gallons of ethanol to fly his plane.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Responders found a gas generator and propane heater running in a small attic living area without ventilation.
    Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The onboard steam turbine, for instance, will be connected to a generator that charges the batteries to provide power to the azimuth thrusters.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2023
  • More:Did Hurricane Helene convince you to buy a generator?
    Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Stationary power storage can serve as an alternative to home generators and can provide a charge to electric vehicles when the electricity is out.
    Nathan Bomey, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Bosch supplied the motor-generator unit (MGU), which nestles between the engine and the seven-speed Xtrac rear transaxle.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The governor stressed the importance of staying out of the flood waters, the safety of using ladders, and the proper operation of generators, adding that they should not be used inside.
    Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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