decade

[ˈdekeɪd]

Definition:
1. A period of 10 years.

'decade' example 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.