whole decade

Frequency: 6.86.0 per million words

Another way to emphasize the entirety of the ten-year period.

decadeADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

whole

Examples (10)

  • It took a whole decade for the city to recover from the disaster.
  • He spent a whole decade working on his masterpiece.
  • Can you believe it has been a whole decade since we last met?
  • A whole decade was dedicated to space exploration and research.
  • She disappeared for a whole decade without a single word.
  • The 1990s was a whole decade of significant technological advancement.
  • The project was delayed for a whole decade due to lack of funding.
  • We've been living in this house for a whole decade now.
  • This new policy could shape the economy for the whole next decade.
  • After a whole decade of peace, the conflict unexpectedly erupted again.