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Which decade is often associated with flappers, jazz, and speakeasies?

decade

[dek-ayd, duh-kayd] / ˈdɛk eɪd, dəˈkeɪd /


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What you and Kornacki were doing at the Big Board really became a thing over the last decade or so.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Viking turned their focus to developing academy talent nearly a decade ago, after they were relegated to the second division.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Raman has had the quote written on the chalkboard in her kitchen for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

In 2015, she purchased the property for $10 million, and it served as her primary residence until she parted ways with it a decade later, selling it for $12 million.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Though pockets of Federalist power remained alive in New England for over a decade, as a national movement with the capacity to dominate the debate about America’s proper course, it was a spent force.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

A recent Navy Department report said that although the shipbuilding budget has doubled over the past two decades, America has no more naval ships now than in 2003.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Intel just suffered its worst one-day stock decline in more than four decades.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Uganda has begun withdrawing its troops from Somalia after nearly two decades of military involvement in the country.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

For decades, neutrinos remained beyond the reach of experiments.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

For the next three years, the lava ran down in spines and pooled to create another dome, just to the south of the one that had been built up more than two decades before.

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


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