generations

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That phrase has become a mantra for the following generations of players - and it will be particularly pertinent on Friday at the French Open.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

But many affluent baby boomers told us they are regularly giving their kids and grandkids smaller financial gifts now, while they’re still around to watch younger generations enjoy it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The variety of guests you have is a tremendous mix of generations from the Caribbean.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

For generations, our nation’s reigning political culture has celebrated armed self-defense as a fundamental right.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

But as Darbishire analyzed his own first-generation hybrids, and the hybrid-hybrid crosses, the pattern was clear: the data could only be explained by Mendelian inheritance, with indivisible traits moving vertically across the generations.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee