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generation

[jen-uh-ray-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
Synonyms


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"A new generation of deep-science startups is translating breakthroughs into products and transforming fields such as life sciences, space, robotics and clean energy."

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The company expects to generate more than 3 billion euros in sales from the data-center market this year, and said that it is positioning itself to enable the next generation of AI data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

As president and COO, roles he has held since 2018, he and Solomon worked on identifying the firm’s next generation of leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Building the compute platforms for the next generation of AI requires a deep understanding of how models are evolving,” AMD CEO Lisa Su said in a statement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The one thing we knew for sure—the new generation of chiefs had decided it was time for Fireball to die, and nothing I, or anyone else, said was going to have any impact.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"We have an opportunity to seize that potential now, creating a new economic future for a site that has played an important role in Scotland's energy story for generations."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Trusts are usually written in very conditional, flexible language to account for all future possible scenarios and last through several generations of trustees and beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The demolition has begun at Bengaluru's Urvashi Cinema, once a 1,200-seat movie palace where generations of filmgoers cheered and whistled, another casualty of India's vanishing single-screen era.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The trend has an upside: Previous generations sometimes ignored abuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

As they have for millennia, the residents of Tohoku have worked to memorialize those they lost—to preserve their memories of loved ones and create lasting reminders of the tsunami for future generations.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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