generational
Americanadjective
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characteristic of or belonging to a particular generation.
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involving comparison or confrontation between members of different generations.
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significant or influential for a particular generation.
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relating to or involving biological reproduction.
Example Sentences
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"Trinity is a generational player, but more importantly she represents the future of this club and the future of women's soccer," said Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang.
From BBC
"Trinity is a generational player, but more importantly, she represents the future of this club and the future of women's soccer," Spirit owner Michele Kang said.
From Barron's
The decision is an “evolution of our corporate organization, also in view of a possible generational succession in the future,” Ruffini said.
Her successor, London designer Grace Wales Bonner, who is of English and Jamaican heritage, represents a generational and stylistic shift for the classic family-run French house.
From Barron's
The monoculture was a unifying force when politics, race, and geographic and generational divides kept threatening to tear us apart.
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