Generation X
Example Sentences
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In the doc you talk about how Generation X was born out of a sense that young people had no future in the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Boomers have been more financially comfortable than their predecessors during the same times of life, and if the trends continue, they’ll be better off than at least one generation after them, too: Generation X.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
Generation X, like the variable x, might stand for anything or nothing at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
Generation X was known as the “slacker generation,” even though, arguably, they worked as hard as everyone else.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
An even worse cliche, Generation X, is already degenerating. get nowhere fast.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
