decade
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A little over a decade ago, Jason Eck was adrift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 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
During the trial, Brand faced allegations from six women spanning the decade between 1999 and 2009, when he rose to fame as one of Britain's most high-profile entertainers.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
In August, Ippolito opened her mother’s wedding dress box and discovered the dress that was stored away for more than a decade wasn’t her mother’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Though it would not be easy, and would take the remainder of the decade to accomplish, that is pretty much what happened.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
But why is the single crystal casting process, which has been around for decades now, still so specialist?
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
These adjustments have been part of the tax code for decades, protecting households from stumbling too easily into higher tax rates.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
For decades before the Mona Lisa theft, he’d been suspected of every con, every forgery, every eccentric scheme: if the job was brilliant, it might be the work of Adam Worth.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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