a decade passes

Frequency: 7.27.1 per million words

Another common way to say that ten years have gone by.

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Examples (10)

  • This decade has passed uneventfully.
  • A decade passed before they saw each other again.
  • By the time we finish this project, another decade will have passed.
  • It felt as if a decade had passed in just a few short months.
  • Time flies; a decade passes in the blink of an eye.
  • With each decade that passed, the city changed beyond recognition.
  • Has a whole decade really passed since we graduated?
  • Not even a full decade had passed before the technology became obsolete.
  • A lost decade passed with little economic growth for the country.
  • Let not another decade pass without significant progress on this issue.