decade

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While the two have sparred periodically about policy over the last decade, they have also appeared to bond at public events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The planning for the new capital right in the centre of the country began a decade earlier.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Investors should count on only modest returns for the coming decade in their planning.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The difference between 3% and 2% annual growth has major implications for how much revenue the government collects over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

However, demand was fully re-established in the decade 1600-1609, and not just for the new more complex commentaries such as that of Clavius, published in fat quartos, but also for cheap octavo editions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton