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Which decade is often associated with flappers, jazz, and speakeasies?

decade

[dek-ayd, duh-kayd] / ˈdɛk eɪd, dəˈkeɪd /


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United's long-standing interest in the Argentine, 54, dates back a decade.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

As of last spring, three of Nvidia’s 10 independent directors had held their seats for 25 years or more; two others had served more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Another major upgrade to the LHCb experiment is planned for the middle of the following decade.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

The 1MDB scandal brought down his government and made headlines around the world when it came to light a decade ago, embroiling prominent figures from Malaysia to Goldman Sachs and Hollywood.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Most of the black pages are filled with articles clipped from newspapers, but there are also handwritten letters, the dates ranging from only a few years previous to more than a decade ago.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

“Like every airline, Qantas runs on technology built up over decades for a different era, including more than 1,000 legacy applications that were never designed to work together,” the company said in its statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, techno DJ Carl Cox received an OBE for services to music after being a major figure in the British dance music scene for more than four decades.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Baggage fees have become big business since they were first introduced two decades ago.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

For Hickman, the progress represents the culmination of three decades of work devoted to understanding disease through more realistic laboratory models.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

And he bought some books that were many decades old, such as Rudolf von Bilguer’s Handbuch and Wilhelm Steinitz’s Modern Chess Instructor.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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