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decade

[dek-eyd, duh-keyd] / ˈdɛk eɪd, dəˈkeɪd /


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The company said by the end of this decade it will return more water to communities than its direct operations consume.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The disease became much more aggressive in the past decade, which has been "pretty horrendous" and Katie needed long spells in hospital.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

A decade after it was opened, most of China City was lost in a fire, but one major building remained.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Friendo, did you just wake up and figure out what decade this is?

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

But a decade had passed, and Darwin had never published the promised book on the genesis of “variability in organic beings.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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