decade
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In April, Cheng Li-wun became the first leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party to meet Xi Jinping in a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
More than a decade later, however, that early success appears increasingly difficult to maintain.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
These annual distributions are also subject to the 10-year rule, meaning the account must be fully drawn down within a decade of the owner’s death.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Estrada was charged in 2014 with plundering millions of dollars meant for government development projects, but the court acquitted him a decade later.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
For nearly a decade, Jefferson and Washington had corresponded about making navigation improvements in the Potomac on the presumption that it afforded a direct link between the vast American interior and the Chesapeake Bay.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing decade
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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