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decade

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


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Less than a decade ago, England's beer businesses were booming.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The work is supposed to be completed within a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Michael Fredericson, a sports medicine doctor at Stanford, says the performance of masters athletes declines roughly 5% to 6% a decade.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Over a decade would pass before Hassabis could convince investors to back a pure AI research lab.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Most of the black pages are filled with articles clipped from newspapers, but there are also handwritten letters, the dates ranging from only a few years previous to more than a decade ago.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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