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decade

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


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The union representing workers at South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor said on Monday it had resumed wage talks with management after staging its first full-day strike in a decade.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Overall dentist practice numbers have risen in England over the last decade.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

She ended the decade on Norman Lear’s “One Day at a Time,” starring as Francine Webster opposite Bonnie Franklin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

The U.S. government has invested $150 million over the past decade to expand apprenticeships, of which $100 million is put toward cybersecurity, AI and healthcare.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

A decade later, that number had skyrocketed to more than 40,000 warheads and bombs.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

In the six decades before 2025, no college or university ever lost federal funding under Title VI for failing to protect its students from harassment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

And next year, they’ll face the steepest increase in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

But now, authorities have officially exonerated him — acknowledging his innocence in the 1998 Fullerton heist that robbed him of nearly two decades of his life.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Publisher Max Lederer, who announced his retirement earlier this week after more than three decades at the publication, also received a separation notice.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

The old wooden houses looked lopsided on their foundations after decades of long winters; poking out of the snow.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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