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Example sentences for: decades

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The Journal reports that the FTC is set to end decades of leniency regarding cigars.
A strong independence party, the Wafd, gained political power during the 1920s and became a prominent force throughout the next few decades.
At seeps, geological processes causing fluid and gas seepage can last hundreds to millions of years, whereas hydrothermal vents often have a lifespan on the order of decades.
Although LPS was once thought to exert its effects through intercalation into biological membranes, or to bind to many different receptors on the cell surface, it has been clear for nearly three decades that there is, in fact, a single biochemical pathway for LPS detection.
The mainstream lexicographic minds that cut far and away the most capers to relieve the drudgery are those that have compiled Chambers English Dictionary over the decades [Edinburgh; latest edition, 1988].