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Decades in a sentence

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Decades | Decade | Decadeslong

Decades meaning

plural of decade.

Using Decades

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of decade.
  • In the example corpus, decades often appears in combinations such as: for decades, decades of, two decades.

Context around Decades

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

few 3× four 3× upon 2× got 1× spend 1× recent 1× two 1× spent 1× different 1× reverse 1×

Often after:

upon 2× prior 1× bigger 1× ago 1× last 1× rate 1× raping 1× watching 1× stays 1× old 1×

Sentence patterns with Decades

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

decades and decades 2× decades and decades and decades 2× a few decades after the 1× a few decades prior to 1× building for decades 1× decades and decades and no 1× decades and decades of success 1× decades and decades the chinese 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a news release 1× but the world 1× donuts have been 1× given the time 1× he s got 1× i want to 1×

Common sentence endings:

decades and decades 2× as a wrestler 1× being more genuine 1× between 1952 1992 1× building for decades 1× for some decades 1×

Words around Decades

Just before it in the word index:

decadently 2 decadent 153 decadence 74 decadelong 3 decade 7.465 decadal 15

Just after it in the word index:

decadeslong 15 decadic 4 decaf 13 decaffeinated 9 decagonal 3 decagons 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

receive 11.547 ready 11.545 nigeria 11.543 store 11.533 activities 11.528 exchange 11.528

Corpus analysis for Decades

  • In this selection, "decades" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, few, four, upon, upon, prior and bigger stand out and add context to how "decades" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include decades and decades, decades and decades and decades, two decades, decades ago and four decades. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "decades" sits close to words such as receive, ready and nigeria, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with decades

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He’s got decades and decades and decades of success as a wrestler. (13 words)

But the world's not going to do that for decades and decades. (13 words)

Tropical Storm Helene laid waste to "decades upon decades of infrastructure" in just four hours. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

In his public comments he usually does not put a finite year on his expectations for the life of the industry, though he tells the that he expects Australia will still be exporting steel-making coal for many decades and thermal coal for some decades. (45 words)

Trump will host the White House ceremony at 16:00 GMT, capping a dramatic month when first the UAE and then Bahrain agreed to reverse decades of ill will without a resolution of Israel’s decades-old dispute with the Palestinians. (41 words)

Given the time frame, it seems that "Star Trek: The Beginning" was to take place only a few decades after the events of "Enterprise," but also a few decades prior to the events of the original "Star Trek" series. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

He’s got decades and decades and decades of success as a wrestler.

And they’ve been trying to get that passed for decades and decades and decades, and no president has ever been able to do it.

Donuts have been a breakfast staple for decades upon decades with bakeries all around the world coming up with new and creative twists to separate their version from the others.

Given the time frame, it seems that "Star Trek: The Beginning" was to take place only a few decades after the events of "Enterprise," but also a few decades prior to the events of the original "Star Trek" series.

The former Labour deputy leader added that many widows spend decades of their lives not in a partnership, and that her mother had lived for three decades after the death of her father.

The potential normalization deal could have a seismic effect, unlike anything the region has seen in decades, bigger than the signing of the Camp David peace deal between Israel and Egypt more than four decades ago.

Though Catholic school enrollment actually increased for the first time in decades last year, the number of Catholic schools has declined precipitously in recent decades.

But the world's not going to do that for decades and decades.

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The last three decades have seen Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Ireland and Afghanistan join the Test fold – quite a rush given the one-in-four-decades rate between 1952-1992.

This is the face of a man who wrought hell on women and girls for decades; raping, beating, and sexually assaulting his victims for over two decades.

Tropical Storm Helene laid waste to "decades upon decades of infrastructure" in just four hours.

Varying peoples have spent decades watching other people portray them… So I personally don’t see anything wrong with the next few decades being spent on things being more genuine.

A news release said “La Russa and Connie Mack are the only two managers to win World Series titles in three different decades and to win pennants in four decades.

DC: “Well, for decades and decades, the Chinese Communist Party pushed this concept that there was no God, that there was no authority structure outside of the communist system.

In his public comments he usually does not put a finite year on his expectations for the life of the industry, though he tells the that he expects Australia will still be exporting steel-making coal for many decades and thermal coal for some decades.

Plutonium-238 is what we use in spacecraft because it stays hot for decades, stays orange-hot for decades.

Trump will host the White House ceremony at 16:00 GMT, capping a dramatic month when first the UAE and then Bahrain agreed to reverse decades of ill will without a resolution of Israel’s decades-old dispute with the Palestinians.

It has existed decades before Trump, and most likely will continue to exist decades after Trump is long gone.

I want to talk about the Epstein pedophilia ring, what it really is, is a Mossad Israeli operative ring which goes back decades and decades.

Pro-Western autocrats in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen who played key roles in U.S. regional policies for decades were suddenly ousted by public protests and pressures that had been building for decades.

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Common combinations with decades

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "decades" in a sentence?
An example: "He’s got decades and decades and decades of success as a wrestler." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "decades" from authentic English texts.
What does "decades" mean?
Decades means: plural of decade.
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