decade

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The country has seen burgeoning growth during the Talon decade: GDP has doubled, growth has surpassed six percent each year, tourism has expanded and numerous infrastructure projects have been completed.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The stronghold took more than a decade to construct and was a crucial part of a network of fortifications to protect the new Caribbean island nation against attacks.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Millennials’ median incomes in their early decades of adulthood were roughly on par with boomers’, and gains over the past decade put millennials in a better position than many recognize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Researchers first noticed signs of GLP-1 resistance nearly a decade ago, before GLP-1 drugs became widely used for weight loss.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Nearly a decade later, in December 1939, the acclaimed newspaper reporter Ernie Pyle stopped at La Tuna prison, near El Paso, Texas.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann