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decade

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


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Google, a company of similar vintage that was also built on ads, had more non-ad revenue a decade ago than Meta had last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The DIP will explain how new equipment and defence infrastructure will be funded over the coming decade, after a review of military capabilities last year.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Marciniak has worked with hard-of-hearing teenagers like Klugo to spread awareness for nearly a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

After more than a decade of failed attempts to raise money, blown deadlines and rebrands, it had been floundering.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

The defeat at Fallen Timbers was a severe blow to the Indigenous nations of the Ohio Country, but they would reorganize their resistance during the following decade.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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