generation
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But the true legacy of SpaceX—as with Tesla’s success before that—will be the permission Musk gave a new generation to dare to imagine what might be possible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
But in the 1985 novel told from his point of view, he’s reborn as a rock star, emerging from a long, depressive slumber just in time to seduce the MTV generation.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
“Lots of additional coal and natural gas generation is attributable to that additional electricity demand.”
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
"This is a great generation, the best Canadian team we have ever had."
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Looking back on life, wrote Jefferson, was “like looking over a field of battle. All, all dead: and ourselves left alone amidst a new generation whom we know not, and who know not us.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing generation
The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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