decade
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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
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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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