generations

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Historians and Black activists have discussed it openly for generations.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

“We cannot continue to stay as we are for a very long time,” said Faisal Al-Mutawa, a top businessman whose family has imported consumer goods for generations and wants less government control of the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Asked if Guardiola and Ferguson used similar playing styles, Rooney said: "Football has changed. It's different generations with different styles."

From BBC • 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

Von Tschermak had been a graduate student at Halle and in Ghent, where, working on pea hybrids, he had also observed hereditary traits moving independently and discretely, like particles, across generations of hybrids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee