generate
verb (used with object)
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
had generated
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past perfectof generate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Peter Sparkes, chief executive of the RNLI, said recent events had "generated deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding about the RNLI".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
By the end of August, “The Odyssey” had generated $4.4 million at TCL Chinese Theatre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The company tried to use Claude to analyze the vast amount of data the OpenAI agents had generated, but the Anthropic model refused to perform the analysis, citing safety reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The FCA said Westminster Magistrates' Court heard he had generated more than £1m through his illegal investment schemes but only traded £760,000, most of which was lost.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Griffith’s experiment had generated widespread speculations about the molecular identity of the gene.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
