decennium

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The Apple of 2010, at the end of its decennium mirabilis, had a record of hardware innovation no other electronics firm could match.

From New York Times • May 1, 2022

The second decennium still found him employed chiefly in research, vertebrate and extinct forms absorbing most of his attention.

From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers)

The problem with the minimum wage was caused before 1980, and policy makers wanting a solution in 2002 will rather look at the last decennium rather than to the 1950-1975 period.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas

In England, it is true that the largest cities show during the last decennium a certain slackening in the pace of growth.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)

"Calchas longe præstabilis ariolari, simul alites et arborem contemplatus est, actutum sua divinitate et tempestates flexit, et classem deduxit, et decennium prædixit."

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois