Gen X

noun

ˈjen-ˈeks

: generation x

Gen X managed to stretch adolescence beyond all previous limits: Its members started becoming adults earlier and finished becoming adults later.—

Jean M. Twenge

—often used before another noun

a Gen X celebrity

—often hyphenated in such use

… 'The Blair Witch Project,' a stealth blockbuster with clever Internet marketing and so much Gen-X appeal that it's spooking Hollywood.—

Newsweek

Gen Xer

ˈjen-ˈek-sər

noun

or Gen-Xer

plural Gen Xers or Gen-Xers

… only about 56 percent of high-school seniors in 2015 went out on dates; for Boomers and Gen Xers, the number was about 85 percent. —

Jean M. Twenge

Like many Gen-Xers, I remember childhood as an uncomplicated time when the only thing you had to worry about was being home by dark. —

Bethany Young Hardy

Examples of Gen X in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But Roth IRAs didn’t exist until 1997, a decade or more after Gen X (born between 1965 and 1980) started working, which means there’s a good chance most of Gen X savings are in traditional accounts. —

Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024 Harry, by contrast, had the most support among Gen Z (28 percent) and millennials (27 percent) and the least among Gen X (15 percent) and boomers (14 percent). —

David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024 Champion Kids 5 on 5 Lo Sneakers Buy on Zappos $55 $41 Gen X and Millennial caregivers will probably feel nostalgic with this pair of shoes. —

Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 10 July 2024 In other words, baby boomers experienced the most rapid fall in academic standards, but today’s students work about as hard on academics as millennials and Gen X did. —

Aden Barton, Washington Post, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for Gen X

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