decade
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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
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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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