Generations
Periods and generations are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Periods" instead a noun "Generations".
Periods
Generations and periods are semantically related. You can use "Generations" instead a noun "Periods".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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They sleep for long periods of time (typically several centuries) so whole generations can go by without being oppressed.
Source: Series / Stargate Atlantis -
Tales of Phantasia has three generations of this, due to the three time periods.
Source: Identical Grandson -
The Empire alternated between periods of military autocracy (where the army essentially chose the leader) and dynasties founded by relatively competent emperors that inevitably descended into murder and madness within a couple generations.
Source: Royally Screwed Up
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