Example Sentences

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For many Americans, wealth has been created and passed along intergenerationally through home ownership and the financial opportunities it creates.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Of course, women are thinking about these matters—and what Black women understood, intergenerationally, are these questions about family and reproduction.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2024

The southern residents have their own culture: behaviors passed on intergenerationally, like language, hunting and gathering skills and food preferences.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

In addition, this new policy is intended to create more wealth-building potential for first-time home buyers, seniors, and intergenerationally through homeownership.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

“The ability to use Inuit traditional skills passed down intergenerationally is how we have always adapted to a changing environment, and now it is helping us to do better research and monitoring,” says Kigutaq.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2020