generation gap
noun
: the differences in opinions, values, etc., between younger people and older people
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What this translated into between the two of us could not be properly described as a generation gap.
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The 2008 financial crisis eviscerated the real estate industry for nearly a decade and created a generation gap between older experts and a young, inexperienced workforce that needs to be bridged.
—Francesco Iorio, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
That’s been a big challenge for the Democrats lately and has caused schisms along the lines of the generation gap.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
There’s a vast generation gap between immigrants and their Americanized offspring; Indian and Pakistani elders harbor prejudices dating back to partition.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
What explains the capital punishment generation gap?
—Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
The partisan generation gap has fallen by two-thirds.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
In a choice that emphasizes the story’s central generation gap, Branagh is surrounded by a cast of young actors who recently graduated from London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The shift towards smaller meals has also been attributed to a generation gap.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The 2008 financial crisis eviscerated the real estate industry for nearly a decade and created a generation gap between older experts and a young, inexperienced workforce that needs to be bridged.
—Francesco Iorio, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
That’s been a big challenge for the Democrats lately and has caused schisms along the lines of the generation gap.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
There’s a vast generation gap between immigrants and their Americanized offspring; Indian and Pakistani elders harbor prejudices dating back to partition.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
What explains the capital punishment generation gap?
—Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
The partisan generation gap has fallen by two-thirds.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
In a choice that emphasizes the story’s central generation gap, Branagh is surrounded by a cast of young actors who recently graduated from London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The shift towards smaller meals has also been attributed to a generation gap.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Generation gap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generation%20gap. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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