Generation X
noun
: the generation of people born in the 1960s and 1970s
If you're a member of Generation X, chances are you may be feeling that "Reality Bites" when it comes to your retirement planning.—
Lorie Konish
Lorie KonishThe younger portion of the network's 12-to-34-year-old target audience … exhibited different tastes and sensibilities from the post-baby boom Generation X.—Meg James
compare generation y, generation z
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Is Generation X in denial about its own impending retirement?
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
On the upside, women are significantly more likely to get a collect degree, according to the report -- nearly 44% of millennial women compared to 28% of Generation X women.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
However, incarceration rates fell to 69.7 women in prison per 100,000 between 2019 and 2021 compared to 86 per 100,000 when Generation X women were young adults between 1999 and 2001.
—Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The video for that song, featuring models marching around a high school classroom in teddies and a snare drum filled with milk, become a token of Generation X pop culture.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 4 July 2023
Among the generations, millennials were the least tolerant of toxic workplaces, followed by Generation X workers.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2023
Millennial and Generation X households with children are the biggest fans of Valentine’s sugar candy, according to IRI, a global market research firm.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
This is a sweeping legacy of baby boomers and, to an extent, their Generation X offspring.
—Malina Saval, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
Last year, for instance, guitar slinger Samantha Fish of Kansas City, Missouri, achieved something that the current biggest artist in blues – Generation X virtuoso Joe Bonamassa – has never been able to.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2020
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
On the upside, women are significantly more likely to get a collect degree, according to the report -- nearly 44% of millennial women compared to 28% of Generation X women.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
However, incarceration rates fell to 69.7 women in prison per 100,000 between 2019 and 2021 compared to 86 per 100,000 when Generation X women were young adults between 1999 and 2001.
—Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The video for that song, featuring models marching around a high school classroom in teddies and a snare drum filled with milk, become a token of Generation X pop culture.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 4 July 2023
Among the generations, millennials were the least tolerant of toxic workplaces, followed by Generation X workers.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2023
Millennial and Generation X households with children are the biggest fans of Valentine’s sugar candy, according to IRI, a global market research firm.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
This is a sweeping legacy of baby boomers and, to an extent, their Generation X offspring.
—Malina Saval, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
Last year, for instance, guitar slinger Samantha Fish of Kansas City, Missouri, achieved something that the current biggest artist in blues – Generation X virtuoso Joe Bonamassa – has never been able to.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2020
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