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The phrase "a generation earlier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a time period that is one generation before the current time being discussed.
Example: "The technology we have today was unimaginable a generation earlier, when people relied on basic tools."
Alternatives: "one generation prior" or "a generation before".
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A good candidate for a truly transformative general counsel a generation earlier would be Howard Aibel ['51], who became general counsel of ITT Corp. in the early 1960s.
Dickens had been here a generation earlier.
A generation earlier, he'd have become a preacher.
A generation earlier, Allen had the "Mighty Allen Art Players".
It would have been an unthinkable act a generation earlier.
The nadir had actually occurred a generation earlier, during the Vietnam War.
A generation earlier, she says, her role would have been decided.
Cruz travelled to Rotary and Kiwanis groups in Texas as his father had a generation earlier.
A generation earlier, his parents might have placed Justin in an institution.
Her signature formalized a covenant that would have been unfathomable a generation earlier.
She is credited with discovering playwrights like Mr. McDonagh and, a generation earlier, Tom Murphy.
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