creates

verb

present tense third-person singular of create
as in generates
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) it was your negligence that created this mess

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Recent Examples of creates To see how this spread creates randomness throughout the world, consider an ordinary coin-flip experiment again. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 The Republican president signed an executive order that creates a new women’s health division at the National Institutes of Health and a White House task force to focus on the issue. — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Its location creates one of Spain's most distinctive possibilities for eclipse photography. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Blazy’s collection this season references an unstructured 1920s silhouette, while this style’s homage to the house’s boucle tweed, embellished with paillettes, creates a thoroughly modern evening look. — Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026 This creates a more conductive pathway, reducing the material's electrical resistance. — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026 Mana creates value for a future developer by putting together large assemblages and leaving them largely undeveloped, Karp said. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 Though thousands of people work at the company’s headquarters in Hamburg, this cadre of just over 60 metalworkers, gem-setters, nib-makers, and other specialists creates its most technically demanding and intricate writing instruments. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026 That, in turn, creates incentives to manage the firm carefully with an eye toward long-term survival. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creates
  1. generates
  2. brings
  3. causes
  4. produces
  5. prompts
  6. does
Verb
  • This process, which generates perfectly crystalline silicon ingots to be sliced like fragile metallic salamis into thin wafers, is entrusted largely to one firm in Taiwan and two in Japan.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Boasting about 24 flagships across countries, Ecoalf generates about 30 percent of its revenues from retail and 24 percent from e-commerce.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of generates
Verb
  • Different Monsters Require Different Minds That brings us to today.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • For property owners who poured their life savings into Camelot, the arrival of heavy machinery brings mounting anger over how local authorities handled the complex's long, troubled decline.
    — La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of brings
Verb
  • Yet in September, Bangladesh reported a daily average of 1,198 new cases of measles, which causes a high fever, cough and telltale rash.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The organization’s focus areas are education, jobs and livelihood, and health—causes she’s cared about deeply since childhood.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of causes
Verb
  • The brand sources and then produces chocolate right at the source in Madagascar and Uganda, partnering with Direct Trade farmers.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Dori Media, which produces film and TV out of Tel Aviv, Zurich and Buenos Aires, was approached by representatives for Sphereorigin about working together on a film.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of produces
Verb
  • The episode opens with Riley sitting at his work desk, and something prompts him to look for Ray Biller.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … QUARANTINE WATCH — Mystery death at Russian plague lab prompts US precautions as questions swirl.
    — , FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of prompts
Verb
  • Not surprisingly, the legislation does nothing to curb the growth of compensation and other benefits for college presidents, athletics directors, coaches and staff who continue to be in charge of the athletes under their control.
    — Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • These days, the interjection does a lot of work online as an all-purpose signifier of derogation.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
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