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decennium

[dih-sen-ee-uhm] / dɪˈsɛn i əm /


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The Apple of 2010, at the end of its decennium mirabilis, had a record of hardware innovation no other electronics firm could match.

From New York Times • May 1, 2022

Incipiendum esse primum decennium a die constitutionis summi Pontificis Sixti V. quae incipit "Romanus Pontifex".

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various

"Calchas longe præstabilis ariolari, simul alites et arborem contemplatus est, actutum sua divinitate et tempestates flexit, et classem deduxit, et decennium prædixit."

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

In England, it is true that the largest cities show during the last decennium a certain slackening in the pace of growth.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)

Praestantissimum hunc virum, Cum a provincia Bengala, Ubi judicis integerrimi munus Per decennium obierat, Reditum in patriam meditaretur, Ingruentis morbi vis oppressit, X. Kal.

From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis




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