millennial

Example Sentences

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The cast’s choices are like weather-balloon data that presage the disaster of the movie’s climax, when everyone behaves like an emotionally incontinent millennial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Firstman stars as Peter, a debauched millennial aging out of a New York scene that never cared about him as a person in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The millennial sex therapist eked out a narrow win in the Democratic primary election in March and will advance to a runoff with the second-place finisher, sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia, on Tuesday.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

“Watching them get acquired by Shein isn’t just a business story, it feels like a generational story, because we were promised that millennial retail could be different,” Petit said of the news about Everlane.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The stove was one of those excellent and economical devices perfected by the Gethenians in their millennial effort to outwit cold.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin