generation
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“Lots of additional coal and natural gas generation is attributable to that additional electricity demand.”
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
“The older generation says, ‘Before we were among ourselves, a small town on the lake.’”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
It looked like it might not happen for either of the best players of a generation, possibly the best of all time.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Dissatisfaction is building in L.A. as the city’s cost of living mounts and a new generation of young Angelenos are unable to buy homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Related to Billy by marriage, the fourteen-year-old Christopher had been born into the third generation of Mount Vernon’s enslaved people.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing generation
The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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