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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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Katz, who takes his $3 million Gordon Murray T.50 on grocery runs and has driven on private racetracks, said demand for places like Willow Springs is driven by this new generation of wealthy car enthusiasts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

UK retail investors are likely to be allocated around £1.5bn worth of shares and one of the UK's leading investing platforms hopes this could encourage a new generation of investors.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

More people are using chatbots for research, image generation, coding and other tasks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

On Sunday, SK Hynix and leading chip maker Nvidia announced a “multiyear technology partnership” to jointly develop the next generation of memory for AI infrastructure.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

As Kuhn pointed out over and over again, one of the central purposes of an education in the sciences is to hide this basic truth from the next generation of scientists.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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