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Generation X

noun as in generation after baby boom

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For Generation X, millennials, and even some elder zoomers, this marks the end of their first digital doorway, a place where their online lives began.

From Salon

O’Brien’s defenestration happened in the midst of one of the worst recessions in modern history, one that hit Generation X workers the hardest.

From Salon

I don’t recall Generation X receiving proportional amounts of survey-driven empathy, but true to my age group’s stereotype, I probably wasn’t paying attention.

From Salon

Musk took to his social media site, X, with a very Generation X response for his 220 million followers: "Whatever".

From BBC

People belonging to Generation X and younger may have encountered their elders' reluctance to talk about it, perhaps because it was close enough for some of our parents to have fought in it, and because our defeat contradicted the post-World War II orthodoxy of American strength and goodness.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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