: a marked rise in birth rate (as in the U.S. following the end of World War II)
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There was a baby boom in the U.S. after World War II.
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As the baby boom generation ages, the travel industry is increasingly catering to older adults with the time and money to sightsee internationally and who sometimes need additional assistance.—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026 And so, the baby boom was born.—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026 Older laws prohibiting larger stores from getting volume discounts giving them an advantage over smaller mom-and-pop shops were fading away and a post-World War II baby boom and move to the suburbs was creating a rise in consumer demand.—Steve Lackmeyer, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 He was born in 1947, the second year of the baby boom.—Tom Wolzien, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for baby boom