Below you will find example sentences with "nearly decade". The examples show how this phrase is used in real sentences and which words often surround it.

Nearly Decade in a sentence

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Words in this phrase

nearly decade

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • nearly can mean: In close approximation; almost, virtually. Common word
  • decade can mean: A group, set, or series of ten , particularly Frequent word

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

long 9× war 5× yemen 3× country 3× old 3× expected 2× end 2× africa 2× way 2× project 2× using 2× soviet 2×

Related phrases

nearly percent past decade nearly half nearly impossible next decade decade ago last decade nearly per

Other phrases with this word

Other phrases with decade:

past decade 17× next decade 12× last decade 11×

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

nearly percent nearly half nearly impossible nearly per

Same ending:

past decade next decade last decade

Example types with nearly decade

Below, the examples are grouped by length and sentence type:

Short example sentences

A ex-BC Lion is facing murder charges in the nearly decade-old killing of his former girlfriend. (18 words)

SpaceX's launch of Hurley and Behnken ends a nearly decade-long reliance on Russia for access to the station. (20 words)

On 15 February 1989, the Soviet Army withdrawal from Afghanistan was completed, marking the end of the nearly decade-long Soviet-Afghan war. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

In 2017, Michael Kalo took the WPS to court, alleging he got fired from a job as a school bus driver after the Winnipeg police included details of a nearly decade-old sexual-related charge for which he was never convicted in a vulnerable-sector check. (46 words)

Gov. John Bel Edwards has previously announced a plan to fund the project using Grant Anticipated Revenue Bonds, though it is increasingly clear those monies will not cover the entire cost of what is expected to be a nearly decade-long project. (42 words)

Islamic extremists in Nigeria have begun using drones, the country’s president says, opening a worrying new front in the region’s nearly decade-long fight against Boko Haram and an offshoot linked to the Islamic State. (37 words)

Exclamation examples

So it’s no surprise that Hoffman, the creator of the nearly decade-long viral phenomenon Old Jews Telling Jokes, taps into some complicated topics in a playful and poignant way in his feature film a Shout! (37 words)

Example sentences (11)

And the nearly decade-long war in Yemen, which has devastated that population, appears to finally be ending, as Saudi Arabia is expected to announce an end to its U.S.-backed war on that country.

Mr Mitsotakis campaigned on a platform of securing economic growth and political stability, cutting taxes and boosting incomes as Greece gradually recovers from a nearly decade-long financial crisis.

Yemen is a major route for migrants from East Africa and the Horn of Africa trying to reach Gulf countries for work, despite Yemen's nearly decade-long civil war.

It had taken six months for coronavirus to find its way to northwest Syria, an area hard hit by the country’s nearly decade-long war.

SpaceX's launch of Hurley and Behnken ends a nearly decade-long reliance on Russia for access to the station.

Gov. John Bel Edwards has previously announced a plan to fund the project using Grant Anticipated Revenue Bonds, though it is increasingly clear those monies will not cover the entire cost of what is expected to be a nearly decade-long project.

In 2017, Michael Kalo took the WPS to court, alleging he got fired from a job as a school bus driver after the Winnipeg police included details of a nearly decade-old sexual-related charge for which he was never convicted in a vulnerable-sector check.

On 15 February 1989, the Soviet Army withdrawal from Afghanistan was completed, marking the end of the nearly decade-long Soviet-Afghan war.

A ex-BC Lion is facing murder charges in the nearly decade-old killing of his former girlfriend.

Islamic extremists in Nigeria have begun using drones, the country’s president says, opening a worrying new front in the region’s nearly decade-long fight against Boko Haram and an offshoot linked to the Islamic State.

So it’s no surprise that Hoffman, the creator of the nearly decade-long viral phenomenon Old Jews Telling Jokes, taps into some complicated topics in a playful and poignant way in his feature film a Shout!