generations

Example Sentences

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Faced with a painful, often traumatic history of policies that have targeted generations of Aboriginal communities and their children, navigating the aftermath of this tragedy is fraught with sensitivities.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Older generations always think younger ones are reckless, whether it’s physical risks like riding a motorcycle or financial ones like day trading leveraged ETFs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Read: More Americans are buying homes to fit multiple generations: ‘It answered a lot of prayers’

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

He never lives for posterity, and he has no idea that future generations will mourn not having more artwork from him.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day