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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Yet, boomers clearly controlled more of America’s wealth in their (relative) youth than millennials and Zoomers do today.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 9 May 2026
The share of American men in the labor force reached a record low this spring, fueled by baby-boomer retirees and young men who are dropping out to study or because they are disabled or sick.
—Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 8 May 2026
What was a trip down memory lane for boomers was how kids and teens of the 1980s first got into shows like Gilligan’s Island, Get Smart, and The Andy Griffith Show.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
The 78-year-old troubadour bravely refused to engage in the kind of safe, predictable, by-the-numbers show that — apart from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon — too many of his baby-boomer peers are content to dole out night after night to nostalgia-craving audiences.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 9 May 2026
The share of American men in the labor force reached a record low this spring, fueled by baby-boomer retirees and young men who are dropping out to study or because they are disabled or sick.
—Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 8 May 2026
What was a trip down memory lane for boomers was how kids and teens of the 1980s first got into shows like Gilligan’s Island, Get Smart, and The Andy Griffith Show.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
The 78-year-old troubadour bravely refused to engage in the kind of safe, predictable, by-the-numbers show that — apart from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon — too many of his baby-boomer peers are content to dole out night after night to nostalgia-craving audiences.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Boomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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