decade
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The company was giving away pink Cadillacs before the decade was out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, as long as you have both discussed the financial and lifestyle repercussions of retiring nearly a decade earlier than your wife.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
A decade ago, Los Angeles County was facing serious economic and social challenges, but residents felt “generally lukewarm” about their quality of life.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The Pope is now in Cameroon's English-speaking regions, where a separatist insurgency has raged for nearly a decade.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Decade by decade, the Mary Rose slipped deeper and deeper into the seabed until it was almost completely forgotten.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing decade
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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