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baby boom

NOUN
population explosion
Synonyms
WEAK
boom explosion

Example Sentences

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China probably can’t subsidize its way back to 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

Born just after the baby boom, between 1965 and 1980, they have graduated from being the disenchanted young adults of the movie “Reality Bites” to middle-agers nearing retirement age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

This spring in particular has seen quite the baby boom.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate