decade

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Those higher prices have followed disruptions from tariffs last year, among other price shocks over this decade, that have prompted companies to more closely manage their production footprints and their costs.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

Japan, which has endured Chinese rare-earth restrictions as far back as 2010, has spent more than a decade reducing its reliance on its Asian rival for rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

As co-directors of the Melanoma Institute Australia, over the past decade the pair's research on immunotherapy, which uses the body's immune system to attack cancer cells, has dramatically improved outcomes for advanced melanoma patients globally.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Polls opened in Peru's presidential runoff Sunday, with crime and political instability dominating a race to choose the country's ninth leader in a decade.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The most important conclusion of the most important biochemical paper of the decade was buried, like a polite cough, under a mound of dense text.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee