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generation

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


NOUN
age group
Synonyms
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
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Every generation looks on the next and laments that it has lost something good.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

At the same time, its energy storage and generation unit had sales of $12.8 billion, a 27% hike, due to a major increase in energy storage product deployments.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

When asked about the background extras displaced by AI crowd generation, Erwin said that’s the wrong way to think about it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Jack Hsieh, chief executive of mall owner Macerich, recently formed a committee to study Gen Z spending and brainstorm ways for the mall to draw more of the generation to its centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

What we need is a form of hindsight that does not impose itself arbitrarily on the mentality of the revolutionary generation, does not presume that we are witnessing the birth of an inevitable American superpower.

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




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