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decade

[dek-eyd, duh-keyd] / ˈdɛk eɪd, dəˈkeɪd /


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The former wife of Jeff Bezos is unspooling an 80,000-word novel in serialized form after a decade away from publishing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Both those sectors have seen significant consolidation and investment over the past decade.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

But namely, this sequence of dino-terror suggests that “Jurassic World” might actually provide audiences something they’d sorely lack for the next decade: fun.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Led by Brittany Howard, the reunited soul-rock band tackles love, nature and a fraying American optimism on ‘I Must Be Dreaming,’ its first album in more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

So they were stuck without much of an option aside from Wanda quitting the job she’d had for over a decade and uprooting themselves from the neighborhood where they’d built up a network.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Its founder, Liang Wenfeng, got his start in the computer-vision field two decades ago and went on to found a hedge fund built around using AI to analyze financial markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The Iranian economy has long been struggling under the weight of decades of international sanctions, which left it in tatters.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

For many Cameroonians, however, Biya's repeated absences over the past two decades have become a source of growing frustration.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

U.S. plants are running at a pace not seen in decades, yet the increased productivity still isn’t enough to compensate for the supplies that have been lost.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

“In those days, weeks, months, years, now decades since 1980, Mount St. Helens has become the master teacher—an ideal lab for volcano studies,” said Carolyn Driedger.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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