second-generation
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Adjective
second-generation (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to someone whose parents are immigrants.
- 2013 August 6, Pete Wells, “A Second-Generation Ode to Greece”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- MP Taverna offers a second-generation, melting-pot vision of an America where Greek flavors have been woven into the fabric of American cooking so thoroughly that they’re taken for granted.
- Of or pertaining to a second version of something that is materially different to the first.
- 2016 July 13, Amy Haimerl, “Lifting the Second-Generation Curse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Looming over her is the statistic that only 30 percent of family-owned businesses make it through the second generation. That data is from 1987, but experts say it still holds true today. It is known as the second-generation curse.
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