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

decade

[dek-ayd, duh-kayd] / ˈdɛk eɪd, dəˈkeɪd /


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Mia Goth files to divorce Shia LaBeouf after almost a decade of marriage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Investors should probably expect a higher rate environment than what prevailed during the decade following the Global Financial Crisis,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The cost of raising a family has gotten significantly more expensive over the last decade, rising faster than wages.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Scientists agree that warming above 1.5C relative to pre-industrial times poses grave risks, and nearly 200 nations committed a decade ago to try and keep global temperature rises to this safer threshold.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

And by the last decade of the nineteenth century, American doctors embraced germ theory and Lister's advice.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

People are often living longer these days, and the years after leaving a full-time job can last for decades.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Novartis achieved positive results with its ianalumab drug candidate last year, but prior to that there had been no meaningful innovation in the disease for more than two decades, they added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Tishman Speyer explained that the area "has one of the lowest office availability rates in Manhattan", adding: "Construction of new office supply in the neighbourhood has been virtually nonexistent for decades."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

In the last couple of decades, the social justice crusader worked with Angelenos to develop their own voices through writing workshops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Sandy June’s looked like it’d been here for decades and needed a fresh coat of trim.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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