decade
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The number of personal bankruptcies filed annually fell sharply for more than a decade before the recent uptick, hitting a low of about 368,000 in 2022, down from about 1.5 million in 2010.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
It is the biggest escalation in hijackings in more than a decade, renewing concern about security in this region vital to international trade.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
While SpaceX and Nvidia have worked together for roughly a decade, the companies haven’t always been as close as they now appear to be.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Elon Musk recently predicted $1 trillion in annual SpaceX revenue by the end of the decade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
I was just eleven years old, but I will never forget the Great Depression, which lasted more than a decade.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
“But I think, as you look at the next couple of decades at Apple, AI will demand more clever software engineering and deep hardware integration. It’s time to have a product guy.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
As a young Beatle, Paul McCartney signed a songwriting deal that he regretted for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
A study I worked on with law professor Lois Lupica tracked what happened over two decades to both people who had and had not declared bankruptcy.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
It's a legacy that Parton built quietly in the background as she presided over pop culture for more than six decades.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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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