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 principal poems composed in the last decennium of the eighteenth century . . . adhered still more to classic tradition.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

And no marriage, except where both, for the whole decennium, have earned their living by work that the State recognizes.'

From The Odd Women by Gissing, George

He was occupied actively with teaching, but the dominant feature of the decennium was his assumption of the Darwinian doctrines.

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

"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