decade

Example Sentences

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Russia sought to lure investment, taking advantage of a decade of relative freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prior to his work on Radio 2, Mills was a mainstay on Radio 1 - which he joined in 1998 - for decades.

From BBC

Snow across California’s Sierra Nevada measured just 18% of average Monday — among the smallest in decades.

From Los Angeles Times

Most of those cases had been opened by Grady O’Malley, an assistant U.S. attorney who oversaw several prosecutions of union corruption while working in the New Jersey office over four decades.

From Salon

Even two decades later, and with two young children of her own, she said she was often stopped in the street by people seeking advice on their own children's hair.

From BBC