decade
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After the transition costs fade, we estimate that corporate tax collections per percentage-point of the rate will recover to pre-reform levels by the end of the decade.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
For the next decade, he was unassailable, with hits such as Stronger, Gold Digger and Heartless pushing the boundaries of rap.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The center is a fitting next chapter to a career that has accelerated over the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
A decade later, the Philadelphia Inquirer described the new stock-trading “bucket shop,” and its attractions.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
In 1867, nearly a decade after the publication of Origin, he began to complete a new manuscript, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, in which he would fully explicate this view of inheritance.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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