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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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What era this is from: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s The generation that will relate to it the most: Every single one!

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

It looked like it might not happen for either of the best players of a generation, possibly the best of all time.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

While Anthropic focused on selling its chatbot to enterprises, OpenAI built its chatbot for the mass market and invested in multiple disparate initiatives, including video generation and shopping.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The latest generation of AI models can detect software weaknesses at unprecedented speed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

On the important subject of science and the decline of magic the work done by the last generation of historians is curiously unhelpful.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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