generation
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From L.A. to Alabama, dozens of former NFL players are trading traditional retirement for coaching high school football, giving back to the next generation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
As well as the conflict in the Middle East, Cornwall Insight said prices had been affected by heatwaves across Europe that had increased demand for power generation to support air conditioning and other cooling.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"The queen is the only member of the hive who can lay eggs that become the next generation of workers," Nicklisch said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
This next generation perceives the world and decides what to do next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This is no coincidence, but rather a sign of the way a new generation of dissectors were eagerly setting about their work.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Meanwhile, “Stars and Stripes” continues doing what it has done for generations: reporting directly to military communities.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
With its top-tier schools, large residential lots and quiet living, generations of wealthy Chinese families have seen Arcadia as an ideal location to build a life in the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
He estimates he’s sold 460 of its roughly 2,500 homes, becoming a self-styled historian who knows stories behind houses going back generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Earlier generations of weight loss medications can reduce appetite nearly as effectively as semaglutide, yet they do not produce the same level of sustained weight loss.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 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
Vocabulary lists containing generation
The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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