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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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Airfares this holiday season are expected to be the highest in at least a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Head coach John Mitchell said England need a "new stimulus" after losing 31-22 to Canada in the WXV Series in Ottawa to suffer back-to-back defeats for the first time in a decade.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

He also blessed us with one of the most heartbreaking lines of this decade: “What is grief if not love persevering?”

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Many economists think the U.S. can grow 2% to 2.5% a year through the rest of the decade, barring an unforeseen shock.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

King had gained national prominence during the Montgomery bus boycott a decade earlier.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

Conservation groups have warned numbers of black poplar trees have fallen due to decades of felling, land drainage and habitat loss.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Over four decades, his nearly 100 self-portraits constitute an extraordinary autobiography of the artist’s evolving physiognomy and philosophy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Two decades ago, Baron Cohen used his hit film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of American for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" as a sociological mirror to lay bare certain prejudices within US society.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The building’s rooftop neon signage was apparently added a few decades later, along with the rounded letters that spell the hotel’s name and run vertically down one corner of the building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It’s the same smile, just decades apart, with the same spark of adventure in it.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer


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