: 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 nounJean M. Twengea 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
Newsweek
Gen Xer
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
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
Bethany Young Hardy
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The fun ballerina sneaker styles in colorful hues have driven a devoted following from Gen Z that spans all the way through to their Gen X parents.
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Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
By contrast, just 43% of Gen X and 27% of baby boomers said the same.
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Deanna Taylor,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
In hair care, Gen X represents 37 percent of prestige shoppers and 21 percent in mass.
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Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
Fortune‘s Sasha Rogelberg reported in May on new research from the National Bureau of Economic Research showing that Gen X workers who retire early pay a steep cognitive price for it.
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Jon Sabes,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
By contrast, just 43% of Gen X and 27% of baby boomers said the same.
—
Deanna Taylor,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
In hair care, Gen X represents 37 percent of prestige shoppers and 21 percent in mass.
—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
Fortune‘s Sasha Rogelberg reported in May on new research from the National Bureau of Economic Research showing that Gen X workers who retire early pay a steep cognitive price for it.
—
Jon Sabes,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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“Gen X.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gen%20X. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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