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baby boom

NOUN
population explosion
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None of this will engineer a baby boom.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

As Pew notes in other research, there were 76 million births during the baby boom generation, and the oldest among that group are now hitting 80.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

For the baby boom generation, those included the JFK assassination and the Vietnam War.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

For the dozen staff members who care for the zoo’s great apes, the baby boom has been a welcomed reminder of why some of them entered the profession in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

It was the tail end of the baby boom in a heavily Catholic community, back when Catholics still listened to Rome on matters of birth control.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove