earlier generation

Example Sentences

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Even in deeply conservative Idlib, women of an earlier generation played leadership roles in civil society during the war.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Beyond Slayer, King says he looks to the examples of an earlier generation of metal players for guidance regarding his future.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Twenty years ago, in this same part of the Philippines, communist insurgents took up arms against an earlier generation of power plants that had displaced them.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

So, Mosby had to look to an earlier generation of prosecutors, like Kamala Harris, as role models.

From Slate • May 24, 2024

Furthermore, it must be remembered that my father was a butler of an earlier generation who began his career at a time when such attributes were not considered proper, let alone desirable in a butler.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro