Our favorite sentences of 2025

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Gen Z may be the most rejected generation in human history.

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There's nothing like a perfect sentence to take the reader by the scruff of their neck and shake them awake. On Business Insider's Discourse team this year, we wrote thousands of sentences to illuminate the urgent and the fascinating in business and tech.

I let my daughter reject hugs and kisses at family gatherings. My boomer relatives initially felt offended.

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tiffany tuttle sitting in her car with her daugter with family members outside the car
The author's daughter didn't like being hugged by her grandparents.

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I experienced loneliness after I retired. Starting a small group at my senior center changed everything.

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Joe Lamy
Joe Lamy is helping people across the country meet with others in their community and foster consistent social interactions.

Courtesy of Joe Lamy

I'm 61 and scared to retire. I have $650,000 saved but wish I had more — I should've gotten into real estate sooner.

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a man in a desert
Dan Steven Erickson.

Chris Otten

Many boomers are open to passing on an early inheritance — but their adult kids are too afraid to ask

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Older couple by pool with laptop
Some boomers are passing on their wealth early rather than waiting to leave an inheritance.

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The anti-aging secret these 80-somethings swear by: work

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A collage of an older worker.
 Some Americans are working in their 80s for fulfillment and social benefits.

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Meet America's real Golden Girls: Some unmarried older women without kids at home are doing great

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A photo treatment of three women taking a selfie
 

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I'm a dual citizen who lives in Canada. It's not as easy as you think to move here.

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A United States flag and a Canadian flag flying next to each other.
Dual citizen Michael Stiege has lived in Canada and the US for an extended time.

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Baby boomers were hit hardest by inflation last year. Here's what they buy compared to younger Americans.

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An elderly man looks over a coupon paper in the grocery store.
Americans over age 65 had a higher inflation rate in 2023 than younger groups, based on the types of things they tended to buy.

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The 4 biggest differences between Gen Z and boomer coworkers, according to a manager of both

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A venn diagram of a boomer and a gen z worker.
 

Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

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