have lasted for 10 years vs have continued for 10 years

Both phrases are correct and can be used interchangeably. They both convey the idea that something has been ongoing for a period of 10 years.

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have lasted for 10 years

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that something has endured or continued for a specific period of time.

This phrase is used to describe the duration of something that has been ongoing for a specific period, in this case, 10 years.

Examples:

The tradition has lasted for 10 years.
The building has lasted for 10 years without any major repairs.
Their friendship has lasted for 10 years.
The company has lasted for 10 years in the competitive market.
The peace agreement has lasted for 10 years.

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And then its charter only lasted for 10 years or sometimes as long as the project to build a bridge or a canal or something lasted.
The testing lasted 10 years and its development cost some USD 65 million.
Preparations for this decision have lasted at least 10 years, and have been very intense in the last two of these.
whereas it is hoped that the return to democracy will mean the end of a civil war which has lasted for 10 years and has cost over 13000 lives,
I say this because the Lampedusa emergency, the so-called Lampedusa emergency which has now lasted for 10 years - therefore it seems to me to be a bit of a pleonasm to go on calling it an emergency - was desired and created by the Italian Government.
HIS PATTERN HAS LASTED OVER 10 YEARS.
As is well known, Spain experienced a housing boom that lasted more than 10 years (to a notable extent, its current macroeconomic woes are related to that bubble).
A country is considered to be facing a protracted crisis if it is established that food shortages have lasted for over eight years and if over 10 % of foreign assistance received by it takes the form of humanitarian aid.
And the climactic effects from that impact would have lasted for decades.
Thus ending disputes over the shipping rights that have lasted for centuries.
Oseltamivir prophylaxis lasted for 10 days.
As Members of the European Parliament, you are sitting here together today in peace despite divisions and wars that have lasted for centuries and generations.
It could have lasted for years.
The negotiating process may have lasted for a very long time, but the Ahtisaari report was only published a few weeks ago.
Madam President, some may say that negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have lasted for 17 years.
Romana Tabacchi's participation in the infringement is taken to have lasted for more than 2 years and 9 months.
My work was impeccable for 10 years.
Economic systems, institutions that have lasted for centuries will begin to falter while our enemies pounce on our crippled nation and hack away until the great American experiment is no more.
I think that an institutional battle over what would have been the correct legal basis would have lasted for many years and would certainly not have benefited these people.
Whether or not Mr Méndez de Vigo was thinking of the pair's mother I have no idea, but the business of giving birth to them must have lasted for several years.

Alternatives:

have continued for 10 years
have been ongoing for 10 years
have persisted for 10 years
have endured for 10 years
have been in existence for 10 years

have continued for 10 years

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that something has been ongoing for a specific period of time.

This phrase is used to describe the continuous nature of something that has been happening for a specific period, in this case, 10 years.

Examples:

The project has continued for 10 years.
The debate has continued for 10 years without resolution.
The trend has continued for 10 years.
The conflict has continued for 10 years despite efforts to resolve it.
The event has continued for 10 years, attracting a large audience each year.

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As we know, doubts about the commitment of the IRA continued to exist, 10 years on.
Each interruption shall cause the time limit to recommence. However, the time limit shall not exceed a period of 10 years after the infringement occurred or, in the case of a continued infringement, 10 years after the infringement ceased.
I have continued to do that for the past 10 years.
Over the past few weeks, it has been found that people resident in Mirandola, even for periods of more than 10 years, have continued to drive cars with non-Community plates.
My work was impeccable for 10 years.
It has been shelved by the Commission for 10 years now and for 10 years, you have failed to deal with the matter.
For 10 years, after bankruptcy our dream and load of guilt.
You're banished for 10 years.
He kept Saudi Arabian candy for 10 years.
I haven't skied for 10 years.
I was in Personnel for 10 years.
I've been looking for 10 years.
The conclusion reached postpones the problem for 10 years.
I've been on the police force for 10 years and I've never cracked a big case.
He lived with your sister for 10 years.
It accompanied me for 10 years.
You been my boy for 10 years.
EC pattern approval shall be valid for 10 years.
I've collaborated with you for 10 years, Vincent Potter.
He had the same problem for 10 years.

Alternatives:

have lasted for 10 years
have been ongoing for 10 years
have persisted for 10 years
have endured for 10 years
have been in existence for 10 years

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have lasted for 10 years vs have continued for 10 years