How to Use Gen X in a Sentence

Gen X

noun

• Beyond mortgages, Gen X is spending the most on their cars.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• This was also true for about 64% of Baby Boomers and Gen X employees.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
• There’s simply nothing better than a young ‘90s star, now an adult, paying homage to the roles that give us Gen X parents all the feels.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 17 Oct. 2023
• When Gen X reached this same milestone, their average age was 32.
  — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• The musical that most speaks to millennials, or Gen X, is Rent, right?
  — Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
• According to Hubspot, 29% of Gen X and 16% of Boomers shop through social media.
  — Pavel Stepanov, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• But for millennials, Gen X, and boomers, fears of a recession ranked high.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 12 June 2024
• Gill said that Gen X being at the peak of their careers leads to higher purchasing power, and can buy homes and other things.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
• In comparison, the percentages were 7% for Gen X and 4.8% for baby boomers.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
• There was the cosmic fear of being past his prime, plus visible Gen X cringe over that prime being a beer commercial.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2023
• Oscar is a cherry on the banana split of Downey’s storied career − an extra bit of gravy on the Gen X icon’s loaded mashed potatoes.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
• Rizz is just one of many new slang words that Generation Alpha kids use—making this Gen X mom feel very uncool.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
• By comparison, only 17% of Gen X and 8% of baby boomer respondents are willing to do the same.
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2023
• Opposition is much higher among Gen X, with 56% against.
  — Farnoush Amiri, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2021
• But did its wink-wink marketing to Gen X actually work?
  — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
• Millennials and Gen X round out the top four, with about 50 percent and 30 percent sales growth, respectively.
  — NBC News, 14 July 2021
• Ryder’s iconic character Lydia Deetz — who defined quirky-goth Gen X cool with her jagged bangs and black humor — is now a mother with a job.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
• Of course, these figures make sense since millennials and boomers are the largest generations, whereas Gen X and Gen Z are much smaller.
  — Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2023
• The Gen X cohort likely benefited from the city's growth in the '80s and '90s, as companies like Bank of America were creating jobs here.
  — Alexandria Sands, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
• Pinterest sees Boomers and Gen X creating at-home coffee stations as a way to bring the coffee shop aesthetic to their spaces.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
• While Johnson sits on the cusp between millennial and Gen X, his boss falls firmly in the baby boomer category.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024
• From baby boomers to Gen X, each age cohot has unique qualities based on the political, economic and social factors of the time.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
• In fact, while millennials and Gen Zers have had more time to learn from Gen X and about saving and investing for retirement on their own, the older generation was the guinea pig for the shift.
  — Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 11 July 2024
• Young workers in particular are worried, as 52% of Gen Z respondents expressed that fear, while only 33% of Gen X workers said the same.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
• This isn’t the first piece of research to come to this conclusion—in fact, a study published just last month predicted that Gen X will see higher rates of certain cancers as compared to their parents.
  — Simon Spichak, Health, 8 Aug. 2024
• In fact, Gen X on average saved more of their annual pay than even what Fidelity recommends.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024
• This is not the Nvidia of old, the supplier of Gen X video game graphics cards that made images come to life by efficiently rendering zillions of triangles.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
• Boomer and Gen X grandparents also worry about parental over-involvement.
  — Jessica Hullinger, The Week, 15 June 2021
• Their emotional health is also suffering—Gen X is about 31% less likely to say their mental well-being is supported relative to other generations.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
• Unlike younger consumers who might be more influenced by social media trends, Gen X women are skeptical and demand evidence before opening their wallets.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024