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 first one in the Chicago area opened in Oak Lawn more than a decade ago.
  — Bob Bong, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023
• Space Florida’s state funding has changed little over the past decade.
  — Jim Turner, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
• In other words, despite releasing over six decades ago, the film is still relevant today.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• Over the past decade, more than a dozen states have filed bills that would shift public notices from newspapers to government websites.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2023
• That's not to mention that both brothers, even a decade into their careers, remain among the elite at their respective positions.
  — Mitchell Gladstone, Arkansas Online, 12 Feb. 2023
• Swanson has lived in Lakeville for two decades, has four children in the Lakeville district and is married to a former educator.
  — Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
• The two fall in love and a decade-and-a-half romance ensues, the only on-screen civility to be seen in an otherwise vagrant and collapsed society.
  — Allison Hope, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• Over four decades later, new soil samples taken from the same regions still indicated a better fungi and bacteria presence than the areas that did not host gophers.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
• This cultural network has led to the huge aesthetic diversity that’s defined Atlanta hip-hop, especially in the past decade.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 16 Feb. 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
• 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
• 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
• As Rower has shown us over the past two decades, Calder is indeed the gift that keeps on giving.
  — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 July 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024