Examples of baby boom in a Sentence

There was a baby boom in the U.S. after World War II.

Recent Examples on the Web At the time of the 1950 census, the baby boom was just getting started. — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022 Despite early speculation about a pandemic baby boom, the coronavirus crisis accelerated the decline even further, with births falling by 4% last year. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 14 Aug. 2021 The baby boom was in full swing: 3.6 million children were born that year, some 18,000 more than in 2020, when the nation’s population was more than twice as large. — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022 Smack in the middle of a thriving economy, and with more and more people relocating to the suburbs as a result of the baby boom, 1955 was a particularly fruitful year for the automotive industry. — al, 11 Mar. 2022 Combined with the increasing retirement of the baby boom generation and slow population growth, the labor market will remain tight and wages will keep rising. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022 The projections could change – the institute creates a new projection every four years – under significant circumstances, such as major policy changes or investments or even surging birth rates like another baby boom. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022 The movement of the baby boom generation out of the labor force amid a plummeting birthrate has put into sharper relief the need to reverse the decline in new immigration. — New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022 After scouting their territory, the groundhog will return to its burrow to sleep a few more weeks—emerging for a frenetic week that will lead to a baby boom in April. — Camille Furst, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022 See More

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