decade
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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
That year he got his start at cable system operator American Television & Communications, rising to become president within a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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
More than a decade ago, in 2014, an internal Home Office assessment "identified the potential for abuse of the domestic violence route to settlement".
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
He’d been with the organization for a decade by now and done a lot of its more menial chores along the way.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing decade
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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