generations

Example Sentences

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Signer John Adams hoped that future generations would celebrate America’s birthday with “bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Música mexicana’s boom has reimagined sounds passed down through generations with corridos, rancheras, norteño, banda and sierreño for the streaming era.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

This is something both of us do with multiple generations of our families, helping us engage with language learning in a lighthearted way.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Many Muslims - including new migrants, young families and elder generations - live in the area.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The house has been in my mother’s family for generations, and the same mezuzah has hung on the doorpost for as long as anyone can remember.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar