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generation

Definition for generation

noun as in creation, production

noun as in age group

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cohort, contemporaries, peers

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age, crop, microgeneration

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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 as in period of time between age groups

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day, era, period, time

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decades, epoch, years

Weak match

stage

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In response R360 said it would "greatly reduce player load and capture the attention of a new generation of fans globally".

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That’s a full decade with the type of player who comes along once in a generation, a slugger of historic proportions who stands alongside all of the legends who donned pinstripes before him.

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Dylan went electric and mainstream, becoming the voice of a generation.

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It boasted a new generation of fuel-efficient engines, including one that was plagued by rapidly degrading seals meant to keep oil from leaking into the air supply.

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This generation of milers is also supremely talented, of course, forming a new golden age of middle-distance running.

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