Generation A

[ jen-uh-rey-shuhn ey ]

/ ˈdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən ˈeɪ /

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noun

the generation born between about 2010 and 2025.

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Also called Gen·er·a·tion Al·pha

[jen-uh-rey-shuhn al-fuh], /ˈdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən ˈæl fə/, Gen A

[jen-ey], /ˈdʒɛn ˈeɪ/, Gen-A, GenA .

Origin of Generation A

First recorded in 2015–20

ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I watched SNL—the Eddie Murphy generation—and also SCTV with Rick Moranis.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A place that has multiplied success for generation after generation of its children.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various