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decade

noun as in ten

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If passed, the first branches would begin to close in April in the UK and 2027 in Ireland, with a gradual reduction over the coming decade.

From BBC

On Thursday the UK government announced the Pride in Place programme will see nine further councils receive £20m each over a decade.

From BBC

Department of Agriculture announced it would cancel the country’s annual food security survey — a statistical snapshot that, for three decades, has told us how many families struggle to put food on the table.

From Salon

Rhys, who grew up in Cardiff but now lives in New York, is set to return to the Welsh stage for the first time in two decades to raise money for the Welsh National Theatre.

From BBC

In it, chief policy officer Morgan Wild argues that over the past decades, the link between what people put in and what they get out has all but disappeared.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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