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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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Many Kiwis are struggling to make ends meet -- the price of basic goods remains stubbornly elevated, and unemployment at its highest in more than a decade.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Over the past decade or so, the firms, with roots in Chicago and Los Angeles, respectively, have transformed from dominant national players into global powerhouses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

A decade ago, a relatively popular prime minister named David Cameron with expert communication skills wanted to reset the UK's relationship with the EU.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

That was off higher levels reached at various points earlier this decade, according to a compilation of those prices provided by Bozic.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

During the decade of Spiritualism’s rise, immigration to the United States was growing.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Measures unveiled in 2013 by then-prime minister Shinzo Abe -- and continued by successive governments -- were supposed to end a spiral of deflation that had plagued Japan for decades since the mid-1990s.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Ballard added that he and the governor have known each other for decades and worked together through “tough times.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

It received an almost perfect score from critics and, decades on, remains the highest-rated game in history on Metacritic, which aggregates reviews.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

For decades, conservation strategies have been influenced by the "closed-forest paradigm."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

As decades pass without a major disaster, people begin to move back into the low-lying areas by the water.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland


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