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decade

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


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The company was giving away pink Cadillacs before the decade was out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Beijing has alienated most of the other European partners it courted through the so-called 17+1 initiative a decade ago, notes Dimitar Lilkov, a senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

But it’s been more than a decade since the Kings have entered the playoffs carrying this kind of momentum and they have a few people to thank for that.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

In today’s money, those caps would be worth $3,000 a month for an individual and $6,000 for a couple within a decade, and just $1,900 and $3,800, respectively, in 30 years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 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




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