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generation

[jen-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
age group
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
age crop microgeneration
WEAK
Beat Generation Gen X Gen Y Gen Z Generation A Generation X Generation Y Generation Z Lost Generation Millennials Silent Generation Xennials baby boomers boomers sandwich generation
NOUN
period of time between age groups
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Jared Walczak, senior fellow at the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, said in an interview that “all policy involves trade-offs between economic growth and revenue generation.”

From Barron's

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From Barron's

One, a 7-year-old girl named Birdie, was accompanied by her mother, who sat at the same piano stool a generation ago as a student.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet children born to low-earning parents in 1992 had a harder time moving into the middle class than the previous generation, according to research from Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based institute that studies economic mobility.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The younger generation expect it. You scan a QR code and get instant data transmitted to your phone, or pop your headphones into your ear and get the data spoken to you."

From BBC