decade
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The company was giving away pink Cadillacs before the decade was out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Beijing has alienated most of the other European partners it courted through the so-called 17+1 initiative a decade ago, notes Dimitar Lilkov, a senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, as long as you have both discussed the financial and lifestyle repercussions of retiring nearly a decade earlier than your wife.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
But it’s been more than a decade since the Kings have entered the playoffs carrying this kind of momentum and they have a few people to thank for that.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
A decade after Mohammed’s death in 632, his followers had captured Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing decade
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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