decade
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The company expects its Chinese operations to generate a profit of less than $500 million this year—down from $5 billion a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
More than a decade later, however, that early success appears increasingly difficult to maintain.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
These annual distributions are also subject to the 10-year rule, meaning the account must be fully drawn down within a decade of the owner’s death.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Estrada was charged in 2014 with plundering millions of dollars meant for government development projects, but the court acquitted him a decade later.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
He’d been with the organization for a decade by now and done a lot of its more menial chores along the way.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing decade
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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