1
: one that booms
2
: one that joins a rush of settlers to a boom area
3
: a transient worker (such as a bridge builder)
4
: a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer
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The youngest boomers are currently 60 years old, meaning there is plenty of time for house values to appreciate further before younger generations inherit.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
So where the boomers were looking at 65 and were comfortable with that — some started retiring a little earlier, but that's still the model — the Gen Xers tend to talk to us in a year in that 62 range or earlier.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
In comparison, Gen-X primary Ronnie is celebrating her 50th birthday and doesn’t want to seem like a boomer.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The youngest boomers — those born between 1959 and 1965 — started to hit 65 this year, but many of them lack adequate savings to support themselves in old age, the ALI Retirement Income Institute found earlier this year.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
So where the boomers were looking at 65 and were comfortable with that — some started retiring a little earlier, but that's still the model — the Gen Xers tend to talk to us in a year in that 62 range or earlier.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
In comparison, Gen-X primary Ronnie is celebrating her 50th birthday and doesn’t want to seem like a boomer.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The youngest boomers — those born between 1959 and 1965 — started to hit 65 this year, but many of them lack adequate savings to support themselves in old age, the ALI Retirement Income Institute found earlier this year.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Boomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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