generations

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Cod and chips have been a favourite Friday night order for generations of Britons.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

There should be no ambiguity regarding Korea’s commitment to its constitutional order, its alliance with America, and the values and interests that have sustained this partnership for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The variety of guests you have is a tremendous mix of generations from the Caribbean.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

For generations, our nation’s reigning political culture has celebrated armed self-defense as a fundamental right.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

His grandchildren would inherit a quarter; his great-grandchildren, an eighth; his great-great-grandchildren, one-sixteenth, and so forth—until his genetic essence had been diluted, in just a few generations, into complete oblivion.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee