How to Use decade in a Sentence

decade

noun

• The bridge was built a decade ago.
• There have been a lot of changes during the past two decades.
• The war lasted nearly a decade.
• Many who grew up in the area weren’t told about the risks for decades.
  — Michael Phillis and Jim Salter, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
• The 3-0 start in conference play is the school's first in a decade.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
• Details like that tend to get lost over the course of four decades.
  — Sean Burch, SPIN, 29 May 2023
• The first one in the Chicago area opened in Oak Lawn more than a decade ago.
  — Bob Bong, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023
• Grab a pair of shoes that will last you the next three decades now for under $100.
  — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2024
• In the last decade, casinos have bet big on a new kind of clientele: the RV crowd.
  — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
• No, the name wouldn’t be perfect for a couple more decades.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2023
• For more than half a decade, Trump has been one of those two people.
  — The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2022
• Climate change has been, and remains, the polestar of Putin’s decade-long turn away from the West.
  — Stephen Lezak, The New Republic, 12 July 2022
• The original came out in 1976, and was one of the most popular toys of the decade.
  — Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day Magazine, 17 May 2023
• The band is fearless — that’s clear in the sonic zigzagging it’s done over the last two decades.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The seven years with the greatest melting of the ice sheets have occurred in the last decade.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Apr. 2023
• The world’s largest miner is set to seal its biggest deal in more than a decade.
  — Rhiannon Hoyle, wsj.com, 22 Apr. 2023
• That kind of drought hasn’t happened at any point this decade, the Globe’s review found.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• Most major changes to the census are tested for up to a decade.
  — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• Brown said that’s at the key of what’s kept the center going for four decades and what has kept him there.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• The twins from Bora were the first set of twins born in the reserve in decades, Samburu said.
  — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2023
• The world has changed so much in these four decades, but in the midst of all of this change, one thing has remained steadfast.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
• After nearly two decades on the trail of Robert Durst, the saga is receding in the rear view.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
• That's how John, 32, describes the decade-and-a-half since his mother was found guilty and sentenced to death.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Apr. 2022
• Arrow was on target, and that's a very good thing for anyone who's watched the CW in the past decade or so.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 4 July 2024
• Gesaffelstein will play Ultra for the first time in a decade.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
• Also in the chat, Taylor opened up about the depth of their bond despite the decades between them.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
• The two began a decade-long affair and had two children.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Sometime in the past decade, Derek got married, had a kid, and then got divorced.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
• But the now-adult stars behind those child characters have debunked a rumor that has surrounded that scene for decades.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
• But the reality is New York has had operating nuclear plants for decades with no incidents.
  — Kenneth Lovett, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025