next-generation
Americanadjective
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signaling or representing a significant new stage in the development of something, especially a piece of technology.
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of or relating to members of the younger or upcoming generation of a family.
noun
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next-generations
plural
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a product that signals or represents a significant new stage in the development of something.
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a member of the younger or upcoming generation of a family.
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He also co-founded TheFilmSchool in Seattle to support next-generation filmmakers and storytellers.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The flight carried 26 next-generation Starlink satellites into orbit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
"With coordinated engagement between academia, clinicians, and industry, vanillin has the potential to progress from an underutilized bioactive to a clinically deployable component of next-generation wound care and regenerative therapeutics," says Professor Vasilev.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Leading developer Anthropic called on AI labs to slow down, while OpenAI scrapped the release of its next-generation model over safety concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Livermore continued to work on Polaris during the moratorium, then followed with the next-generation submarine-launched nuclear missile, Poseidon.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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