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Which decade is often associated with flappers, jazz, and speakeasies?

decade

[dek-ayd, duh-kayd] / ˈdɛk eɪd, dəˈkeɪd /


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That 18-week target hasn't been hit for a decade.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The cost of raising a family has gotten significantly more expensive over the last decade, rising faster than wages.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Heaton, meanwhile, spent most of the last decade embodying the introverted Jonathan Byers on “Stranger Things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Scientists agree that warming above 1.5C relative to pre-industrial times poses grave risks, and nearly 200 nations committed a decade ago to try and keep global temperature rises to this safer threshold.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nearly a decade would pass before the United States regained the know-how or the will to launch espionage operations on Russian soil.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

In the last couple of decades, the social justice crusader worked with Angelenos to develop their own voices through writing workshops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers have previously faced antitrust suits about the arrangement, which dates back decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Researchers have known for decades that some organisms use modified versions of the genetic code.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Tishman Speyer explained that the area "has one of the lowest office availability rates in Manhattan", adding: "Construction of new office supply in the neighbourhood has been virtually nonexistent for decades."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Her Pakistani accent is thick, even though she’s lived in the United States for almost three decades.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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