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

That’s not the only difference between Reframe and an earlier generation of modular housing companies.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

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

But as my Ba Ngoai was telling me, she’s like earlier generation.

From Salon • May 20, 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