decadelong

American  

[dek-eyd-lawng, duh-keyd-lawng] / ˈdɛk eɪdˌlɔŋ, dəˈkeɪd lɔŋ /

Or decade-long

adjective

1. lasting for a decade.

   After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.

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Example Sentences

That decadelong deal, struck in 2021, was worth more than $1 billion, those people said.

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The decadelong license provides investment certainty and signals Malaysia’s desire to bolster its rare-earths industry, says Hope.

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WASHINGTON—The U.S. is in the process of withdrawing all of its roughly 1,000 troops from Syria, according to three American officials, ending a decadelong military operation in the country.

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U.S. troops have vacated a strategic military base in southeast Syria and turned it over to government forces, a U.S. official said, ending a decadelong presence as part of a broader drawdown of American troops in the country.

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In a TED Talk released on Monday, I describe a decadelong effort to measure hip hop’s impact.

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