generations
Example Sentences
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"Denby would not have been able to continue for this long without generations of dedicated, skilled people," the statement added.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“Vinyl is not like a single-use plastic; we don’t throw it away after one listen. We treasure it, we pass it on through generations, and people have a real connection with it,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Quite a few have been in families for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
“The story of how it got on a monitor lizard’s knee has been embellished and spun for so many generations, who really knows what the truth is anymore?”
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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