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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Something similar happened with less efficient S7 chips, which ended up in the second-generation HomePod rather than the Apple Watch for which they were originally designed, these people said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
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
Amazon in February received permission from regulators to deploy another 4,500 satellites to create a second-generation system and a polar constellation.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 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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