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.
• Only a few decades ago sushi broadly made its way to Los Angeles.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
• More than 1½ decades defined by losing had sucked much of the excitement out of once-vibrant fans.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2023
• Phonk has been around for more than a decade, one of several styles gobbled up by extremely online listeners.
  — Elias Leight, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024
• Science has long presumed that children living in cities grow faster and healthier than rural kids—but that trend has flipped over the past three decades, a new study suggests.
  — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2023
• Giraffes are native to Africa, and their populations have dropped by 40 percent over the past three decades, experts said.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• Alessandra Ambrosio first walked the Victoria’s Secret runway more than two decades ago.
  — Hannah Malach, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
• After being diagnosed with kidney disease for more than three decades, a Mequon woman learned the function of her kidneys was plummeting, and fast.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
• Goodson-Thomas has overseen the specialty film brand’s U.K. and international slate for more than a decade.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
• That means a swelling elderly population, shrinking workforce, and not enough young people to fill in the gaps – posing a demographic crisis decades in the making.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
• For three decades, his work, largely at a progressive think tank, has used empirical research and historical narrative to argue that the working class has been left behind.
  — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• After nearly two decades on the trail of Robert Durst, the saga is receding in the rear view.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Also in the chat, Taylor opened up about the depth of their bond despite the decades between them.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
• And until the last decade or so, they were barely known outside Haiti.
  — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
• Over the past two decades, partly thanks to the boom in budget airlines, Prague has become a go-to destination for bachelor and bachelorette parties, particularly from the UK.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024