decade
Example Sentences
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Thorstensen supports the mine project, given the small town has seen jobs and young people move elsewhere for decades.
From Barron's
A spokesperson for Clinton commented on the new photos, saying they were decades old.
From BBC
The genre crumbled after roughly a decade, when Zambia was hit with a series of crises.
From BBC
Afghans who worked alongside US troops during almost two decades of war were once promised a home in the United States to shelter them from the extremist intolerance of the Taliban.
From Barron's
It is the kind of boastful big numbers, mixed with a make-money-not-war philosophy, that has endeared him to his boss, a friend of four decades.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
