generation
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After 15 seasons and countless battles against fellow stars of the league, Ogwumike seems content to pass the torch to the next generation of players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
A generation is learning, before it can vote, that its account of its own life is provisional.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Twenty-somethings in the 1990s were almost twice as likely to be on the housing ladder, the previous generation even more so.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Even so, identifying how GLP-1 medications influence the brain could provide an important foundation for developing the next generation of obesity treatments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
First, the achievement of the revolutionary generation was a collective enterprise that succeeded because of the diversity of personalities and ideologies present in the mix.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Meanwhile, “Stars and Stripes” continues doing what it has done for generations: reporting directly to military communities.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
For generations, body hair was synonymous with masculine adulthood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Their goal is to push observations closer to the time when the universe's first generations of stars and galaxies began to emerge.
From Science Daily ● 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
And if it really was Mami Wata, then I was glad to have repaid in some small measure the kindness she had shown to generations of my family.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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