first-generation
Americanadjective
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being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
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being a naturalized citizen of a particular country; immigrant.
the child of first-generation Americans.
Example Sentences
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"I play for Iraq, grew up in England, but my dad was born in Pakistan. My grandad was a first-generation there, so I have a lot of respect for that side of my family."
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
As a first-generation Mexican American with roots in Jalisco, Mexico, she is thrilled to join The Times’ Fast Break desk starting today, as she pursues a career in television and print journalism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
As a first-generation American who has envisioned getting an M.B.A. since childhood, Vado said the investment still has benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The first-generation TPU was released in 2015 and Google has been producing new and better versions of the chips ever since.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 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
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