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  1. once in a generation

    Once in a generation refers to a rare occurrence, event, or phenomenon that happens only once within a specific timeframe or span of time, typically spanning several decades or even longer. It signifies a noteworthy, exceptional, or significant event that is unlikely to be witnessed again by the current generation or the ones that follow in the foreseeable future.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of once in a generation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of once in a generation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of once in a generation in a Sentence

  1. Canada Soccer:

    Christine Sinclair is a once-in-a-generation athlete that has been at the heart of Canadian sport for over 20 years but what she accomplished in the past 10 years has changed the sport forever in our country, christine is the Canada Soccer Player of the Decade and unquestionably one of the greatest and most-loved athletes Canada has ever watched.

  2. Roy Cooper:

    Medicaid expansion is a once-in-a-generation investment that will make all North Carolina families healthier, while strengthening our economy.

  3. Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation:

    The industry has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to re-imagine and modernize its infrastructure to resolve long-standing operational challenges.

  4. Joel Wertheim:

    Now, I realize it sounds like I just said that a once-in-a-generation event happened twice in short succession, and pandemics are indeed rare, but once all the conditions are in place -- that is a zoonotic virus capable of both human infection and human transmission that is in close proximity to humans -- the barriers to spillover have been lowered such that multiple introductions, we believe, should actually be expected, i was quite convinced of the lab leak Kristian Andersen, until we dove into this very carefully and looked at it much closer.

  5. Major Biden:

    As much as we've done, we've got a lot more to do. And that's why I've proposed the American Jobs Plan. It's a once-in-a-generation investment in America, it's the biggest jobs plan in this country since World War II.

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