Generation A

American  

[jen-uh-rey-shuhn ey] / ˈdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən ˈeɪ /

noun

1. the generation born between about 2010 and 2025.

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Etymology

Origin of Generation A

First recorded in 2015–20

Example Sentences

The large deal is premised on the hope that electricity generation—a mix of renewables, gas-fired power plants and batteries—can deliver profitability similar to fossil fuels.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From Slate

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.

From MarketWatch

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.

From Barron's

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.

From The Wall Street Journal