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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


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But he is worried the art of tapping will fade away, with the new generation unlikely to take it up.

From Barron's

“We ended the year with strong order growth and sales, robust margin expansion despite tariffs, solid cash generation, and we exit the year with a robust balance sheet,” Jakobs said.

From The Wall Street Journal

In one of the nation’s most expensive cities, “the affordability crisis for those of us devoted to San Francisco’s next generation is real,” Cassondra Curiel, the teachers’ union president said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

At the Milan ice rink, the millennial generation had a blast with 1990s music from Ricky Martin, George Michael, the Spice Girls and the Backstreet Boys.

From Barron's

Where previous generations of players might not have paid much attention to what they wore, a newer crop of pros think it’s cool to care.

From The Wall Street Journal