generation gap

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Are millennials all that different from their parents, or is this generation gap simply the disdain that the young always have for their elders?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

"Tony Bennett has not just bridged the generation gap, he has demolished it," the New York Times wrote in 1994.

From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2023

“For my mom and me, knitting bridged the generation gap, created reliably neutral ground where we could meet,” Orenstein recounts.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

"The streaming revolution is stretching the TV generation gap, creating a stark divide in the viewing habits of younger and older people," said Ofcom's director of market intelligence, Ian Macrae.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2022

The culture and generation gap that separated us was too immense to navigate.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi