decade
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That’s a greater margin of outperformance than in the prior decade.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Fernández said that most of her friends who were launching nonprofits and pop-up restaurants a decade ago are now scattered around the globe.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
In the decade before its Sheffield arrival, the final had been played in towns and cities spread as far apart as Bolton, Birmingham, Sydney and Melbourne.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
That is down from a decade high, excluding the pandemic’s early months, of 8.9% last fall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
That May he stood before Congress and called for the United States to commit to, within the decade, “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing decade
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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