decade
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Bank of America bought Merrill in 2009 and allowed the wealth business to operate largely independently for nearly a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
"For me, it's the game of the decade," Jocelin Lebeau, 39, a gamer who works for the French military, told AFP at a recent event in Paris.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
His schedule includes a return to the diocese of Chiclayo where he was ordained bishop in 2014 and remained until Francis moved him to the Vatican almost a decade later.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
This gradually makes the tax reach more households over time — especially as more people have become invested in the stock market in the past decade.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
And by the last decade of the nineteenth century, American doctors embraced germ theory and Lister's advice.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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For nearly two decades, Sen. Elizabeth Warren has needled and probed Wall Street at every turn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Naturally, the movie has gained a cult following since its release more than four decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The starting point will be Uruguay, where the number of Catholics has fallen away steeply in recent years and which is getting its first Papal visit in four decades.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
However, it has not carried out a death sentence for two decades, even as courts continue to impose the penalty on those convicted of murder and other serious crimes.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
In 2024, more than four decades after the eruption, Mount St. Helens is green once again.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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