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a decade ago vs a decade

Both 'a decade ago' and 'a decade' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'A decade ago' refers to a specific point in time ten years in the past, while 'a decade' simply refers to a period of ten years.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 2945 views

a decade ago

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to a specific point in time ten years in the past.

Use 'a decade ago' when you want to specify that something happened or existed ten years before the present moment.

Examples:

  • A decade ago, I was still in high school.
  • The company was founded a decade ago.
  • I wrote that book over a decade ago.
  • Karen died of a stroke a decade ago.
  • There was a red rain phenomenon in India a decade ago.
  • Our wedding night was a decade ago.
  • Last trace of your Mira was a decade ago.
  • Rico Mak-90s with hundred-round drums a decade ago.
  • That tunnel's been sealed over a decade ago.
  • But that was almost a decade ago.
  • Just remember the lessons from the Asian crisis a decade ago.
  • Moreover, the grubbing-up measure has been applied in the past, a decade ago.
  • Ireland is much more energy efficient than it was a decade ago.
  • This section figures among the 14 projects adopted almost a decade ago by the Essen European Council of 10 December 1994.
  • The gold rush dried up a decade ago.
  • I'd say this key was forged, maybe... a decade ago.
  • His prints are in the system from his arrest at a political protest a decade ago.
  • Yeah. You're light on number two pencils, and I think those oatmeal packets expired about a decade ago.
  • At least a decade ago. I can't tell.
  • You're mad because Carlos showed you the door a decade ago.
  • If by "idea people," you mean I'm familiar with technology that wasn't obsolete a decade ago.
  • But we did talk to a longtime neighbor, and they said the McCann family lived here, but it was over a decade ago.

a decade

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to a period of ten years.

Use 'a decade' when you want to talk about a span of ten years without specifying a particular point in time.

Examples:

  • He spent a decade traveling the world.
  • The project will take a decade to complete.
  • Sweet Elizabeth passed... almost a decade now.
  • After a decade of attempts, he'd finally cracked it.
  • It took a decade to recover.
  • She's been here at least a decade.
  • Best friends for over a decade.
  • Andrew Jenkins has been serving consecutive life sentences at Utley State Penitentiary for more than a decade.
  • Serena's been a spy for over a decade.
  • You'd be the least experienced by a decade.
  • The promise of a decade of loneliness.
  • You've treated Cam for over a decade now.
  • And allowed me to rot in that prison for a decade.
  • Nardin has spent a decade in prison, bereft of his favorite obsession.
  • Over a decade of research and development went into the New Benjamin's security features.
  • His father served as a deacon for over a decade.
  • We haven't used brass in a decade.
  • Hasn't missed a saltimbocca in a decade.
  • He worked at the bank for almost a decade...
  • He lived in Okinawa for nearly a decade.
  • Dna had just been discovered a decade before.
  • Then spent almost a decade in the Peace Corps before moving to DC.

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