How to Use Gen Z in a Sentence

Gen Z

noun
  • Gen Z doesn’t want your full-time job.
    — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • So, what does Gen Z want to see?
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
  • Here's why Gen Z loves to buy dupes.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Gen Z is driving much of the change.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Gen Z knows this feeling all too well.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Gen Z heard the campaign loud and clear.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026
  • Gen Z has seen through that false promise.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Gen Z doesn’t soften the point.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Gen Z is starting to help fill that gap.
    — Marquise Francis, NBC news, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Gen Z … people just don't want to do that.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • Make the Gen Z stare strategic.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • For Gen Z, the strain is sharper.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • And now Gen Z are paying the price.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The squeeze Gen Z is still moving.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
  • This recruiter says Gen Z isn’t lazy.
    — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 7 June 2026
  • That’s not Gen Z’s idea of getting ahead.
    — Hanne Jesca Bax, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For the first time in years, Gen Z was winning.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Thus far, Gen Z isn’t impressed.
    — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Gen Z is not picking on me anymore.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Gen Z thinks Romeo was, no cap, kind of a stalker.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Gen Z is helping to boost those figures.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Gen Z wants better work-life balance.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Broadly, Gen Z wants to try new products.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 May 2026
  • Three years later, Gen Z is bringing it back.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But not so for many in Gen Z, who seem happy to wear their faith on their sleeve.
    — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • More than 60% of them were from Gen Z, the data said.
    — Joyce Jiang, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Gen Z, for its part, may already be heeding that advice.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Gen Z might be drawn to the soft life as a way to reject hustle culture.
    — Jana Pollack, Parents, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Gen Z have been second-guessing their choice to go to college for years.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Gen Z does a bit better, coming in at 39%.
    — Hillary Stalker, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025

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