decade

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Beijing has alienated most of the other European partners it courted through the so-called 17+1 initiative a decade ago, notes Dimitar Lilkov, a senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

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 after that career highlight, Cheap Trick has no intention of hanging up the guitars or putting down the mic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The tragedy in all this is particularly great because for nearly a decade, there has been strong reason to suppose that Fischer could demonstrate his supremacy convincingly if only given the opportunity to do so....

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady