generation

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The current crop of American players is often referred to as a golden generation, for reasons that mostly stem from the fact that unlike their predecessors, they have never been eliminated by Trinidad and Tobago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The 1994 tournament also gave birth to Major League Soccer, the largest first-division league in the world, and endowed a foundation that has funded grassroots soccer development for more than a generation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Rice is best known as one of the world's most important food crops, but scientists have now shown it could also help inspire a new generation of smart materials.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

“Scary Movie” would, apparently, be a return to the button-pushing, tasteless humor that defined a generation but was now outmoded by wokeness.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Here is the only occasion within the revolutionary generation when political differences ended in violence and death rather than in ongoing argument.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis