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decade

noun as in ten

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CCM has been around for decades, and yet it remains what it always was — watered down versions of sounds that were popular on the radio years ago.

At 88, in his first novel in more than a decade, Pynchon turns not to dystopian modern America, but to the comforts of noir fiction.

But what seemed like an open-and-shut case dragged on for nearly a decade.

Many have lived in the neighborhood, with its neat lawns and single-family homes, for decades.

Celebrated for decades as Hollywood royalty, Jane Fonda could easily be living a comfortable life of extravagance and leisure.

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