being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
being the native-born child of naturalized parents.
being a revised or improved version of a product, system, service, etc..
Production has been increased with second-generation robots.
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Researchers focused on whether the largest black holes in the catalog could be "second-generation" objects.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
Many second-generation farmers are not willing to continue silk framing and the landholdings are spread in small sections.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
David Lamparelli, a second-generation candy maker, says the company produces about 90,000 pounds of Irish potatoes between December and March, with peak production reaching up to 75,000 candies a day.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
But before that she was a cultural anthropology major and Fulbright scholar who studied cultural identity among second-generation North African women in France.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
During the first two decades after the war for independence from Britain, large numbers of first- and second-generation Ulster Scots moved westward into the Ohio Valley, western Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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