decade

[ˈdekeɪd]

Definition:
1. A period of 10 years.

Use 'decade' in a sentence:

• 1. We hope to have test flights in this decade.
• 2. It has now become clear how extraordinarily fecund a decade was the 1890s.
• 3. These problems persisted for much of the decade.
• 4. Until a decade ago, most scientists thought that only a volcano had such energy.
• 5. A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade.
• 6. At least one supernova occurs per decade in our galaxy.
• 7. This proposal could save Medicare more than $ 100 billion over the next decade.
• 8. For two decades her theatrical talents were ignored by the film industry.
• 9. This is the most spectacular financial crash of the decade.
• 10. Businessmen are trying to shake off habits learned under six decades of a protected economy.
• 11. By the end of the decade, some ten million children are expected to have been orphaned by the disease.
• 12. Over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate.
• 13. She has set a shining example of loyal service over four decades.
• 14. If the current trend continues, black farmers in the United States may be extinct by the end of this decade.
• 15. Over the past decade, we have seen a crisis of authenticity emerge.
• 16. The media training industry has mushroomed over the past decade.
• 17. Gone are the support suspenders and gaudy steel rings that strangled the tower for much of the last decade.
• 18. For two decades she has sought complete control over her film career.
• 19. This is the toughest crime bill that Congress has passed in a decade.
• 20. In real terms the cost of driving is cheaper than a decade ago.
• 21. Patients older than 85, who need chronic care most, will rise by 50% this decade.
• 22. The last decade has witnessed a serious rise in the levels of racism and hostility to Black and ethnic groups.
• 23. The Alliance for Progress reached its apogee during the first half of the decade.
• 24. The latest data showed that global ozone concentrations had dropped several per cent over the last decade.
• 25. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.
• 26. Despite nearly a decade of positive discrimination since apartheid was dismantled, few black sportsmen have reached the top level.
• 27. The two countries fought a border war a decade ago, but now they are mending fences.
• 28. The manifesto calls for a greater effort to recruit young scientists to fill the gap left by a wave of retirements expected over the next decade.
• 29. The Italian political system has been judged to be in terminal crisis for decades.
• 30. For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy.
• 31. The historical article sketched the major events of the decade.
• 32. For at least the last decade, the happiness craze has been building.
• 33. The newspaper is believed to have been unprofitable for at least the past decade.
• 34. The collection has been in storage for decades.
• 35. While the increase in homicides is alarming, it is nothing compared to what is to come in the rest of the decade.
• 36. His latest CD is a compilation of his jazz works over the past decade.
• 37. It's estimated that birth rate has dropped dramatically over the past decade.
• 38. If not, ask God to help you establish goals for your decade of destiny.
• 39. Kelman had a book published in the U.S. more than a decade before a British publisher would touch him.
• 40. Women have become more assertive in the past decade.
• 41. The education committee will today publish its report on the supply of teachers for the next decade.
• 42. The company has indeed become more commercial over the past decade.
• 43. These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.
• 44. The way in which we work has undergone a complete transformation in the past decade.
• 45. Two thirds of the region has been deforested in the past decade.
• 46. Breakfast television arrived in British life precisely a decade ago.
• 47. The quality of life for gay men has improved over the last two decades.
• 48. These cameras have increased only marginally in value over the past decade.
• 49. Kelman had a book published in the US more than a decade before a British publisher would touch him.
• 50. For decades rich nations have been screwing money out of poor nations.
• 51. Prices have risen steadily during the past decade.
• 52. The next decade will be even more amazing and unpredictable than the last.
• 53. They typically appear about once in a decade.
• 54. Doctors aim to cut the number of women dying from cervical cancer by half this decade.
• 55. This wine is from one of the two best vintages of the decade in this region.
• 56. He would have been a saint, but within a decade, we shall have him.
• 57. Her husband had played the trombone in the band for a decade.
• 58. Birgit was a popular actress with half a decade of filmmaking behind her.
• 59. Over the decade, women in this category went up by 120%.
• 60. We need more young scientists to fill the gap left by a wave of retirements expected over the next decade.
• 61. British Rail has indeed become more commercial over the past decade.
• 62. The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade.
• 63. The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.
• 64. Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.
• 65. Technology in this field has matured considerably over the last decade.
• 66. The return to traditional family values is a reaction against the permissiveness of recent decades.
• 67. The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.