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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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A decade from now, he estimates, there will probably be over 100,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The paper notes that MPs were warned by the home secretary that some migrants would still face "retrospective rule changes to make them wait a decade" before granting them leave to remain, the paper reports.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

What you and Kornacki were doing at the Big Board really became a thing over the last decade or so.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Raman has had the quote written on the chalkboard in her kitchen for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The decade of the 1950s was the time of the Red Scare.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Wes Streeting warned the country hasn’t seen such a range of threats in decades, from Russian sabotage attempts to hacking attacks to flooding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

As people are living longer, they need to prepare for a retirement that could last decades.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Now, this daughter of immigrants is responsible for reshaping the very system that brought them here decades ago – and doing so in a way that both her party and the country regard as fair.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

George Fuller, a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of California San Diego, has studied nuclear physics, particle astrophysics, and cosmology for decades.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

It looked as though no one had used it in decades.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti


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