earlier generation
Example Sentences
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These are songs from an earlier generation, but the participants - who look like they are mainly in their 20s and 30s - know them by heart.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
That’s not the only difference between Reframe and an earlier generation of modular housing companies.
From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025
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
Our Solar System is certainly a prerequisite for our existence, and one might extend this to the whole of our galaxy to allow for an earlier generation of stars that created the heavier elements.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
