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generation

Definition for generation

noun as in creation, production

noun as in age group

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cohort, contemporaries, peers

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age, crop, microgeneration

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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 as in period of time between age groups

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day, era, period, time

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decades, epoch, years

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stage

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If we don’t organize, articulate a policy platform and recruit the best and brightest across different generations, we will be marginalized and then extinguished entirely.

For many years, scholars believed that constructing Poverty Point required a strictly organized, hierarchical society working across generations.

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"Our Doctoral Network is about shaping the next generation of scientists and innovators in photonics," says Dr. Regina Gumenyuk, Project Coordinator at Tampere University.

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"There is still some time to go through," Glytsou said, noting that a third generation of compounds may be needed to improve solubility and other drug properties.

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Travis Frain, survivor of the Westminster Bridge attack, said he had "fought tirelessly" for the UK to adopt a national day of this kind to help "educate the next generation".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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