generations

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"The simple truth is that all governments of all persuasions over generations have not done enough to deal with what are generational challenges," Albanese told parliament this week.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The new material also outperformed earlier generations of optical energy-storage switches.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

A few pens have been left on the headstone, which has been replaced at least once; generations of fans have attempted to obliterate “Hughes.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

It was 2010, and the central bank had been drawn into propping up the economy after the greatest financial crisis in generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

As her dad liked to remind her, these giant sequoias had lived through the worst the world could throw at them for a hundred human generations, and they would live another hundred more.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz