generations

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While older generations may not always understand activism expressed through hashtags, online campaigns and viral trends, these are modern forms of political participation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

“People are screening for financial compatibility in the same way that I think previous generations screened for religion or politics,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

"I'll leave it to younger generations of scientists to work on the problem," he added.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

The claim has been made that the baby boomers in general, and the late baby boomers in particular, have done rather better than the generations that followed.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Easter was just such a drifting holiday, so every few generations a monk was drafted to calculate the dates when Easter would fall for the next few hundred years.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife