generation

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Belgium’s aging golden generation of Romelu Lukaku, Kevin DeBruyne, Thibaut Courtois, Thomas Meunier and Axel Witsel are going to need to do much better if they hope to avoid another early World Cup exit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

“Today’s dads are more hands-on than any generation post-industrialization,” said Misty Heggeness, principal investigator at the University of Kansas’ Care Board, which tracks the care economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Scaling intelligence in one dimension is a much more efficient engineering task than trying to build a multimodal model with capabilities across writing, coding and image generation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

“Not only the long-awaited championship, but the likability of the team has really fostered a new generation of fans,” says Marangi.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

There weren’t many of these women, but they paved the way for Marina Raskova and for the next generation—the generation that would fight in World War II twenty-five years later.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein