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generation

[jen-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
age group
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STRONGEST
STRONG
age crop microgeneration
WEAK
Beat Generation Gen X Gen Y Gen Z Generation A Generation X Generation Y Generation Z Lost Generation Millennials Silent Generation Xennials baby boomers boomers sandwich generation
NOUN
period of time between age groups
Synonyms


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Another student, Lisa, says her mother's generation would never have wanted the mends to show.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Together, the eight new arrays will increase the station's available power by as much as 30%, raising its electricity generation capacity from 160 kilowatts to approximately 215 kilowatts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Huang has defended the approach, arguing that frontier AI labs are the first generation of startups that need tens of billions of dollars to get started, not just millions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Similarly, the first generation of fans to grow up with regular exposure to women's football should build fandom that help attendances boom.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But the conflict within the American revolutionary generation remained a passionate yet bloodless affair in which the energies released by national independence did not devour its own children.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Many households are made up of families whose members have mixed legal statuses, including some who have lived in the area for generations.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

His claim was eventually rejected, but the possibility of undiscovered planets continued to intrigue astronomers for generations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Far better to be named George, John or Ben,” Mr. Greenberger writes, “if you’d like future generations to have your name on the tips of their tongues.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"If you don't correct it from the very beginning," she says, "this is going to affect multiple generations."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But how could she close the diner that had been in Dad’s family for generations?

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis


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