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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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Whether the mine detonations constitute an armistice violation is less clear cut, said Shin Jong-woo, who served in South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff more than a decade ago when another land-mine incident occurred.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Le Pen said she had "total confidence" in Bardella, 31, who is tipped to become prime minister if she wins the presidency after he made a meteoric rise through party ranks over the last decade.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The singer, 57, and the actress, 53, have owned the residence for more than a decade, having purchased it for $1.1 million in 2015.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Three Egyptian security officials have been convicted by a Rome court over the kidnapping of an Italian student whose tortured body was found in Cairo a decade ago.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

According to the goddess, in older times darajas had begun their formal training with the splendor around age ten, and spent an additional decade learning its nuances under the tutelage of several masters.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

For two decades, Dana Silva spent 80 to 100 days a year in Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

In August, sand erosion exposed a pair of jetties that were built decades ago to stop beach erosion and protect oceanfront homes near the entrance of Newport Harbor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

He worked as a broadcaster in a career spanning more than two decades, including in neighbouring Rwanda and at home, with the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The disruptions it could wreak on everything from air travel to farming preview what a normal year may look like decades from now if carbon emissions continue unabated.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Neither of them relished the idea of telling elderly, kindhearted Gallup that her decades of effort were pointless.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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