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millennial

[mi-len-ee-uhl] / mɪˈlɛn i əl /


NOUN
thousand
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While much has been made about the dearth of millennial homeowners, approximately 55.4 percent of millennials now own their homes, according to Redfin data from 2025.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Bank of America’s private bank says four-in-ten family offices hold sports investments and that Gen Z and millennial principals are most likely to be interested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Sports investing was especially popular among family offices with a Gen Z or millennial principal, according to a new study.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

New York City, in fact, has more senior renters than millennial renters, and, yes, a growing number are classified as “rent burdened.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

They formed a group that was prepared to receive the millennial knowledge Nicolas had acquired in the East.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Gallup found that 56% of Gen Z adults call themselves independent, up from 47% of millennials in 2012 and 40% of Gen Xers in 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The biggest portion of their audience, 34.2%, is made up of Gen Z and young millennials ages 25 to 34, followed by 26% who are 35 to 44 and 14.7% who are 45 to 54.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

The song is a nostalgia hit for the elder millennials in the room, and it crystallizes this moment in time in the early 2000s, girls on the cusp of adulthood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Observers have drawn obvious comparisons between Raman and Mamdani: both millennials, both South Asian, both born abroad and both DSA-affiliated.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

As Anna Holmes recently pointed out in her blistering New Yorker essay, more than half of millennials have had parental help purchasing their home.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026


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