decade
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In the northwest of the country, where mining activity is concentrated, glacial reserves have shrunk by 17 percent in the last decade, mainly due to climate change, according to glaciologists.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
The ban on slurry-spreading from mid-October to January was part of a wider suite of restrictions that have been the subject of debate in Wales for the best part of a decade.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
IBM’s goal is to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer by the end of the decade.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
The Trump administration allocated $23 million and will fund up to 50 clinics to combat the Ebola outbreak, which is on track to be the worst in a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Everyone concerned apparently assumed they were being paid insurance premiums to take basically the same sort of risk they had been taking for nearly a decade.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing decade
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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