carried out over years vs carried out over the years

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Carried out over years' is used when referring to a specific number of years, while 'carried out over the years' is used when referring to a longer, unspecified period of time.

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carried out over years

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific number of years.

This phrase is used when referring to a specific number of years during which an action or process takes place.

Examples:

The construction of the bridge was carried out over years, with different phases completed each year.
The research project was carried out over years, involving multiple data collection trips.
The restoration of the historic building was carried out over years, with meticulous attention to detail.

Alternatives:

carried out over several years
carried out over a few years
carried out over many years
carried out over a number of years
carried out over a specific number of years

carried out over the years

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a longer, unspecified period of time.

This phrase is used when referring to a longer, unspecified period of time during which an action or process takes place.

Examples:

The tradition of celebrating the festival has been carried out over the years.
The company's commitment to sustainability has been carried out over the years.
The evolution of technology has been carried out over the years.

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Many studies have been carried out over the years on equal rights for women and men, without leading to appropriate measures.
The excavations carried out over the years have unearthed some major archaeological finds, including sacred buildings, megalithic boundary walls and the remains of settlements and necropoli.
The Commission is now proposing to create a regulation that codifies all the relevant modifications carried out over the years, and which is due to be modified frequently, meaning that it is continually updated.
The Member States shall report to the Commission, every year by 30 June, the frequency, type and result of the checks which were carried out over the year preceding that date.
Madam President, I welcome Mr Corrie's report as a balanced assessment of the work the Assembly has carried out over the last year.
European stress tests have been carried out over the last two years.
The task of this group is to provide to the Commission services the list of R & D priorities to be carried out over the next years.
Surveys carried out over the last year and the hundreds of complaints received by consumer organisations highlight the poor services provided by some companies supplying land-line telephony and the Internet in Greece.
The scientific research carried out over the last few years has yielded some decisive findings in this field.
I congratulate the Commission too for the very dedicated work which colleagues and I have seen carried out over the last few years.
The package we are going to discuss today constitutes the penultimate phase and naturally supplements the work carried out over the last four years.
Can the Commission provide information on the inspections carried out over the past year on vessels and in fish processing plants in third countries?
Most of the consolidation in 2014 - about 1,8 % of GDP - should be drawn from the public expenditure review, which was carried out over the past year with the objective of increasing equity and efficiency in the provision of social transfers and public services.
Most of the consolidation in 2014 - about 1,8 percent of GDP - should be drawn from the public expenditure review, which was carried out over the past year with the objective of increasing equity and efficiency in the provision of social transfers and public services.
I thank the rapporteurs, Mrs Fourtou and Mr Newton Dunn, the Commission and the Council for the excellent work carried out over the last three years.
This experience shall be established by submitting evidence relating to the inspections carried out over the previous three years, or currently in progress.
7. The Member States shall report to the Commission, every year before 30 June, the frequency, type and result of the supervisory measures in respect of certification which were carried out over the year preceding the said date.
the contentious outcome of the liberalisations carried out over the past ten years,
The tightening up of the visa requirements that has been carried out over the last few years has unavoidably led to more cases of people smuggling and to an increase in so-called illegal immigration to the Member States of the EU.
In general, however, the report represents the consolidation and further development of the reforms of the EU's agricultural policy that have been carried out over the last few years.

Alternatives:

carried out over time
carried out over a long period
carried out over a lengthy period
carried out over an extended period
carried out over an indefinite period

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carried out over years vs carried out over the years