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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
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They had arrived as immigrants in New York a generation earlier, and randomly picked a trade that has kept the family in business for well over a century.

From The Wall Street Journal

Colonists, Mr. Shalev writes, sought “a close knowledge of and relationship with the sky—exponentially closer than that of later generations.”

From The Wall Street Journal

A full generation of White House advisers decided that image was static and inert, that a president looks more dynamic if he’s standing, with long halls or mantles behind him.

From The Wall Street Journal

Image generation has proven a vital front in the war between the big AI model companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

It not only topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, but it introduced a new generation to Jeanette’s timeless allure.

From Los Angeles Times