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generation

[jen-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
age group
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
age crop microgeneration
WEAK
Beat Generation Gen X Gen Y Gen Z Generation A Generation X Generation Y Generation Z Lost Generation Millennials Silent Generation Xennials baby boomers boomers sandwich generation
NOUN
period of time between age groups
Synonyms


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These technologies are using batteries: electric vehicles, energy generation, and grid storage.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

"I will not be a minister who abandons yet another generation of Territory kids," Cahill said when the details of the review were announced.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The animation industry today is many times larger than it was a generation ago.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Chip stocks in particular have been posting gains that remind many investors of the dot-com bubble a generation ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Laborers in the Cripple Creek mining district would not organize and win their rights for another generation.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell




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