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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
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NextEra said in December that it was teaming up with Alphabet’s Google Cloud to build big data-center campuses paired with power generation across the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The research team has already achieved a peak external quantum efficiency greater than 0.6% for their NIR-II LEDs, an impressive result for an early generation device.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

But he believes the mentality the group is preaching, one that has roots in the Ferrari pit-crew model of a generation ago, will have equally profound results.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Chief Executive John Ketchum has been an advocate of “all of the above” electricity generation and of the idea that data centers should bring their own power generation to the table.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

In each location the reunion drew large crowds, in which witnesses claimed they saw two ghosts from a bygone era materializing one final time for the benefit of the present generation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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