millennial

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They are doing better than their older millennial and Generation X counterparts.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Velasco, a millennial who came of age in the digital era, is among the youngest officials to head the secretariat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

The rate has mostly headed down since 2007, a prerecession peak when millennial women started to enter their prime childbearing years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It’s a hilarious take on bonding with ancestors, in this case in an intergalactic bathhouse where Zaalan’s Syrian ancestors must field obnoxious first world questions from millennial descendants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

I kind of scoffed or sighed or exhaled in a way that was vaguely coughy and then said, “I’m not beau—” “You’re like a millennial Natalie Portman. Like Vfor Vendetta Natalie Portman.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green