1
: one that booms
2
: one that joins a rush of settlers to a boom area
3
: a transient worker (such as a bridge builder)
4
: a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer
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According to a recent study conducted by Redfin, 78 percent of all boomers plan to stay in their current home for retirement.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
The baby boom refers to those born within an eighteen-year span, yet there was a twenty-eight-year run of boomer Presidents, broken only by Joe Biden, a pre-boomer.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Not one that isn’t blocked by an all-powerful boomer who’s been perched in a corner office since the Bush administration.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
In comparison, just 18% of boomers skip lunch twice or more per week, the least of any age group.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
The baby boom refers to those born within an eighteen-year span, yet there was a twenty-eight-year run of boomer Presidents, broken only by Joe Biden, a pre-boomer.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Not one that isn’t blocked by an all-powerful boomer who’s been perched in a corner office since the Bush administration.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
In comparison, just 18% of boomers skip lunch twice or more per week, the least of any age group.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Boomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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