: 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
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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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Following these updates to cottage cheese, the Good Culture team sought to market to younger Gen X and millennial consumers.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Seventy-four percent guys, with those over 45 at 60%, meaning the franchise’s core Gen X and older.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
According to a new report from Climate Central, a Gen Z child experiences four times as many extreme heat days as a Gen X child.
—Laura Schifter, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
But that still means half of all Gen X accounts had less than that amount.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Seventy-four percent guys, with those over 45 at 60%, meaning the franchise’s core Gen X and older.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
According to a new report from Climate Central, a Gen Z child experiences four times as many extreme heat days as a Gen X child.
—Laura Schifter, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
But that still means half of all Gen X accounts had less than that amount.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Gen X.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gen%20X. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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