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.
  • The two began a decade-long affair and had two children.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The price jump is mainly thanks to a face-lift Burton gave the place during his decade-long stay.
    Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Being a social media celebrity is a more than decade-old concept.
    USA Today, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Their work will open up the series to a broader tragic resonance echoing down the decades.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Those who can change with their clients’ needs and pivot as needed are more likely to build a business that will be in business for decades to come.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The dairy product has had a niche following that transcends partisanship for decades.
    Natalie Daher, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But the mobile computing wave of the past two decades caught the company off-guard, leaving it to fall behind rivals.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Etheridge and Cypher ended their decade-long relationship in 2000.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • But recent decades have seen its membership rolls dwindle amid varying degrees of mismanagement.
    Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • That abdication, and Francis’s subsequent election, led to a decade-long coexistence, by turns warm and uneasy.
    Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Two Trump Organization entities will be sentenced by a New York judge today for running a decade-long tax fraud scheme.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 13 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • 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

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