baby boomer
noun
a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.
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baby-boomernouna person born during a baby boom, esp (in Britain and the US) one born during the years 1945–55
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But as an early baby boomer, he grew up in a time when the nation was steeped in anti-communism.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
The wealth itself is real, accumulated by the baby boomer generation through four decades of strong stock markets, real-estate appreciation and pension benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
He is a billionaire who loves gold, an American who loves McDonald’s, a white guy who loves Creedence Clearwater Revival, a baby boomer who’s got beef with low-flow toilets.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
"The government are going after the inter-generational gap that they keep talking about - and being a baby boomer, I'm really over that," says Christine.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
He was always ready to openly display the emotion so often missing from my baby boomer generation.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
And even when accounting for these people, Germany has an ageing population as the baby-boomer generation increasingly retires, and the nationwide birth rate stays stubbornly low.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Harley-Davidson HOG -5.19%decrease; red down pointing triangle spent years doubling down on its baby-boomer base with expensive cruisers and touring bikes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
As more members of the baby-boomer generation retire, they will increasingly start to liquidate their investments to finance their retirements.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
The company sees a total addressable market of $400 billion, retail and institutional, and believes that it will be a key beneficiary of the baby-boomer wealth transfer.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its aftermath of supply chain disruption, has been central in convincing Italian baby-boomer business owners that the time was right to let outsiders into their closely held companies.
From Reuters ● Jan. 16, 2023
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