decade

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Lady Smith said the school's current leaders now recognised shortcomings at the school in past decades.

From BBC

This was a dramatic turnaround for a relationship between two nations that had been in the deep freeze for a decade, and it will be music to President Xi Jinping 's ears.

From BBC

The behavior is that middle-income households have spent refund checks on deferred durables for decades.

From MarketWatch

Three decades later, the meatpacking plant opened its doors in Pico Rivera, said Ben Williamson, executive director of Animal Outlook, a national animal advocacy organization.

From Los Angeles Times

Javed Love is understood to be the first teacher in Northern Ireland in at least a decade to take the action.

From BBC