decade
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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
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“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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