Gen X
Example Sentences
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HSBC's 2025 UK survey found that 63% of Gen Z plan to take at least one mini‑retirement, compared with 32% of Gen X and 13% of Boomers.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
MT: We have to have a queer, Gen X ritual of throwing Snapple bottles, like a rage room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Inside detail: For producer Collins, then a Gen X college graduate, the movie had an influence on par with “Pulp Fiction” the year before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Born into a nominally liberated time for women, our Gen X girlhood was a specific kind of confusing: Yes, we were weaned on “Free to Be You and Me.”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
You may know him as the guy who played the dad in Boyhood, but he used to be a Gen X icon.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
