new generation

collocation in English

meaningsofnewandgeneration

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new
adjective
uk
/njuː/
us
/nuː/
recently created or having started to ...
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generation
noun
uk
/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
all the people of about the same age within a society or within a ...
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(Definition ofnewandgenerationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nowhere are these trends more apparent than in thenewgenerationof textbooks currently being produced.
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No longer a field for amateurs, the discipline of early science calls for anewgenerationof professionals.
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However, by the 1980s the ideological climate had changed, and the concept of heritage could be reintroduced by anewgenerationwithout historical memory.
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In recent years, anewgenerationof cancer therapies has emerged, based on a growing understanding of the molecular events that contribute to malignant transformation.
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It seems likely that his challenge can only be met by anewgenerationof ' idealists ', untainted by the disillusioning experiences so acutely analysed here.
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Their hypothesis is compelling; their book will stimulate anewgenerationof oceanographers to prove them right, or wrong!
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This solution, it seems, appeared when anewgenerationof programmable chips came on the scene.
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These modest changes should be sufficient for the book to remain valuable for training anewgeneration of students to become professional plant breeders.
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The experience presented and discussed here epitomises both the dilemma and the experiences of thenewgenerationof creative writers.
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The book is part of anewgenerationof ethnomusicological research which emphasises the importance of a historical perspective in the study of popular musics.
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Anewgenerationmechanism for electromagnetic waves near the fundamental plasma frequency is discussed.
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These children are thenewgenerationin the evolutionary process and will compete with their parents when they are grown-ups.
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Individuals in eachnewgenerationmay be much different from the parent generation, but only the most appropriate ones survive due to the selection mechanism.
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To have made them known to anewgenerationof college students would in itself have been a valuable service to better international relations.
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At this point, a new movement and anewgenerationcame into play.
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Adult beetles bore out of their pupal cells through the plug and emerge from the tree to begin anewgeneration.
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The solution may lie in the design of anewgenerationof target-specific, antipathogenic (as opposed to antibacterial) drugs.
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