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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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A generation of promising youngsters will mesh with established internationals and big signings next season, with Leicester's George Martin and Gloucester's Tomos Williams joining Barbeary in switching.

From BBC

The facilities will operate as what the companies on Monday called flexible energy assets, supporting power grids by modulating consumption and leveraging on-site generation and storage.

From The Wall Street Journal

Routine vaccinations against the strain only began to be rolled out in 2015, meaning the current generation of students and others in their late teens are not protected.

From BBC

"This case is probably going to be the most important constitutional case in a generation," said Christine Van Geyn, executive director at the Canadian Constitution Foundation.

From BBC

As the last of the baby boomer generation edge into retirement there are not enough young Germans to replace them, due to a low birth rate.

From BBC