generations
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“Older generations want to stay productive and have more purpose,” Kelley said.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026
American students are in a decade-long reading recession, while fewer students are reading for pleasure than in previous generations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
The efficiency of solar panels also falls as temperature rises, though Staffell notes that this effect has become less pronounced with newer generations of panels.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
“Americans were still struggling with difficult questions that would shape the nation’s life and politics for generations to come,” Mr. Bordewich writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Later generations of Romans would quip that what the Barbarians had failed to destroy, the Barberinis stole.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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