boomer

noun

boom·er ˈbü-mər

: one that booms

: one that joins a rush of settlers to a boom area

: a transient worker (such as a bridge builder)

: a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer

Examples of boomer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web During the past eighteen months, the four had wrestled over how to handle Ben’s boomer father. —

Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024 That translates to older boomers buying nearly 17,000 tonnes of avocados a year, while people under 34 consumed around 10,000 tonnes. —

Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 June 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 This time, Biden should offer himself up not as a bridge to the next generation but as an off-ramp, finally, for the boomers. —

Matt Bai, Washington Post, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for boomer

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