decade
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The S&P 500, which had a mere 2.1% yield a decade ago, has returned 324% in total.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
“In my reporting, I’ve found that over the past decade or so, the number of food and beverage products hitting the market with a high protein claim has quadrupled,” Dunn tells the Times.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
Sommer has been covering the grotesqueries of outré right-wing conspiracy culture for nearly a decade now.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
But the decisions in that decade laid the foundations for more successes in the future.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
I first encountered the idea of a new racial caste system more than a decade ago, when a bright orange poster caught my eye.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing decade
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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