Generation A

[jen-uh-rey-shuhn ey]

noun

1. the generation born between about 2010 and 2025.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Generation A¹

First recorded in 2015–20

Example Sentences

According to the FBI, she was one of the most unusual bank robbers of her generation, a modern-day Bonnie without a Clyde, who always worked alone, never using a partner to operate as her lookout or drive the getaway car.

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It still expects to have the first portion of its campus running by the end of 2026 and then expand its capacity in stages to reach its full scale by the 2030s in what the company describes as the “Manhattan Project of our generation” — a reference to the research behind the first nuclear weapon, which the U.S. used to end World War II.

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It ensures that if in any given generation a model or a chip ever falls behind it doesn’t impact us and we have options.

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That’s a full decade with the type of player who comes along once in a generation, a slugger of historic proportions who stands alongside all of the legends who donned pinstripes before him.

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“After that, it’s about teaching the next generation a whole new set of media literacy skills.”

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