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Which decade is often associated with flappers, jazz, and speakeasies?

decade

[dek-eyd, duh-keyd] / ˈdɛk eɪd, dəˈkeɪd /


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A decade after the eruption, it’s possible that 4.8 billion people lack such freshwater, while the world’s population may have declined to 7.9 billion due to spikes in elderly and infant mortality.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

The city must add 11,760 residential units by the end of the decade to meet state housing mandates.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

As a result, clubs have expanded their scouting pool and been able to attract players from a wider variety of nationalities - with transfer fees exploding since the turn of the decade.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

TMX Wall Street Horizon also found that the number of buyback announcements in the quarter was on track to possibly be the lowest in a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

Nearly a decade would pass before the United States regained the know-how or the will to launch espionage operations on Russian soil.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Inside the eruption zone, two decades follow of a grey landscape.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

For decades, dams have blocked salmon from many of their historical spawning areas.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Tad Devine, who served as a top strategist for mainstream Democrats for decades before joining Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential bid, knows the mechanisms inside and out.

From Salon Sep. 22, 2026

For decades, Spain's warm climate has been a boon for one of its other biggest industries - tourism.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

In the decades that followed, Colored people strove to educate themselves— organizing, creating self-help groups, running for office, fighting to change laws, founding schools, and so on.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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