decade

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The difference between 3% and 2% annual growth has major implications for how much revenue the government collects over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The planning for the new capital right in the centre of the country began a decade earlier.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The Case-Shiller index of U.S. home prices is up 87% in a decade, or about 6.5% a year.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, said: “If you had a 1% increase over a full decade, you’re going to be talking about several trillion dollars.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The figures at the base of columns are the first year of the decade, so 1470 refers to the decade 1470-1479.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton