generation
Example Sentences
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"When the head of the snake is not cut off, the venom spreads — beyond borders, beyond regions, beyond generations."
From BBC
The latest tranche of Epstein files is screaming evidence that there is work to be done and that previous generations had fallen down on the job.
"Of course, the economy is an important issue for the people, but at my age -especially when I think about my grandchildren's generation - national defence is very important, and she is seriously thinking about it."
From BBC
That longstanding erasure has made Natchez a less commercially friendly prospect to younger generations of visitors.
From Los Angeles Times
A later generation of sociologists might have diagnosed Göring’s martial flamboyance as a form of “homeovestism”—that is, exaggerated and often impractical gender-normative dress or behavior intended to signal elite social status.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
