decennium

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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

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)

A similar remark might be made concerning the reference to the poet's old age "which dulleth him in his spirit," in the "Complaint of Venus," generally ascribed to the last decennium of Chaucer's life.

From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

"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

You must see that congruity requires the semi-centenary, and that Sir Walter was a full decennium behind-hand.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various