generation
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The generation that wrote and ratified the Constitution had direct experience with compulsory service, but it looked nothing like modern conscription.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
This is especially true for the postcrisis generation.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
“A whole generation of traders and economists have been brought up to zero in on a number that is invariably revised a month later.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
It will give Yancoal greater scale and a more diversified business, by adding more steelmaking coal to its business, which relies mostly on thermal coal used in power generation for its profits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
He was the son of the legendary actor Junius Brutus Booth and brother to Edwin Booth, one of the finest actors of his generation.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Vocabulary lists containing generation
The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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