decade

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"Leadership in the technology... will define the next decade of productivity and growth, so it's in everyone's interest that the two superpowers find common ground on sensible guardrails for AI."

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

As reading scores tumbled over the last decade, parents, scholars and literacy advocates pushed for teaching methods that align with decades of research about how kids learn to read — largely by sounding out words.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

We’ll get into how all that played out in the show, but right now, nearly a decade later, the case still raises some other big questions.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Just 106 venture firms managed to raise capital for first-time funds last year in the U.S., the lowest total in a decade, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 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