generators

noun

plural of generator
as in creators
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the French painter Paul Cézanne is considered to be one of the principal generators of modern art

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Recent Examples of generators Westlake coach Rick Clausen said his team’s game at Ventura High remains on because the school has generators if power is cut off. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Data centers and trading floors run backup generators and failover sites because their businesses can’t stop when the power does. — Ciaran Cosgrave, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The box, which can operate on 20 different fuels, produces roughly 95% less NOx and carbon monoxide than top-performing diesel generators. — Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 For some residents, generators have become an important backup. — Nina Burns, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The flybridge roof is also fitted with solar panels that generate power to reduce reliance on generators. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 Eyeline’s systems rely heavily on proprietary work rather than off-the-shelf generators. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Another person was found dead inside his garage with a generator running, and DeSantis urged people to not run generators indoors. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026 Their interiors are packed with rows of servers in addition to associated hardware, backup generators, and cooling systems. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
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  1. creators
  2. founders
  3. authors
Noun
  • An American who knows nothing about real football comes to the place where it was invented and attempts to tell the creators of the sport how to play.
    — Jay Martel, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This latest collaboration builds on Moynat’s push to work with artists and pop-culture creators.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of creators
Noun
  • Ithaca Holdings co-founders Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman will become co-CEOs.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • So the city loses out not only on new companies that would otherwise set up shop here but also on a group of founders who might have channeled their profits into the next generation of startups.
    — Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of founders
Noun
  • The authors found a long-run relationship between top incomes and art prices and argued that high-end art prices are driven less by the average person’s buying power than by how much the wealthiest can spend.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The authors noted the circumstances surrounding the violent act, and whether other early humans could have been involved in the individual’s death, were completely unknown.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of authors

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“Generators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generators. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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