earlier generation

Example Sentences

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These are songs from an earlier generation, but the participants - who look like they are mainly in their 20s and 30s - know them by heart.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

That’s not the only difference between Reframe and an earlier generation of modular housing companies.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

Twenty years ago, in this same part of the Philippines, communist insurgents took up arms against an earlier generation of power plants that had displaced them.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

But as my Ba Ngoai was telling me, she’s like earlier generation.

From Salon • May 20, 2024

Furthermore, it must be remembered that my father was a butler of an earlier generation who began his career at a time when such attributes were not considered proper, let alone desirable in a butler.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro