decade

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For decades, stimulant medications have been thought to work by directly influencing brain regions responsible for attention.

From Science Daily

Developing entirely new mines can take decades, making alternative domestic sources especially attractive.

From Science Daily

He has spent more than a decade of his life behind bars and his release in September after a presidential pardon followed a long campaign by his family and lobbying by the British government.

From BBC

At least 27,500 deaths and economic losses of $35 billion have been attributed to extreme weather events in the past two decades, according to the 2026 Climate Risk Index.

From Barron's

Syrian intelligence tracked the young man for much of the next decade, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal