decade
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That’s a theory by Antonio García Martínez, author of a memoir published a decade ago about startup life called “Chaos Monkeys.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
A homeowner planting one today might wait more than a decade to sit in its shade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Over the past few weeks, an Anthropic researcher resigned after warning that the people racing to build advanced artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
"If someone had truly understood this tree was deeply loved, they probably would not have made the decision to inject herbicide," says Kim Min-joo, who has lived in Buam-dong for more than a decade.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The decade of the 1950s was the time of the Red Scare.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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“For decades, the industry has been organized around newness: the new season, the new collection, what you should want now,” the RealReal’s Levesque said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In my decades as a cultural anthropologist studying authoritarianism in Russia and the United States, I’ve learned that one of power’s most useful tricks is making responsibility vanish.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The club's training centre is also expected to support research into female athlete health, an area Kang believes has been overlooked for decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
After two decades of labor, the translated Bible was published in England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In his mind, my entire life is this gigantic chess match, where every tiny move I make in the seventh grade has to be perfectly designed to bring about some glorious endgame decades later.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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