one decade after vs a decade after

Both "one decade after" and "a decade after" are correct and commonly used in English. They can be used interchangeably to indicate a period of ten years after a specific event.

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one decade after

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a period of ten years after a specific event.

This phrase is used to specify a time frame of ten years after a particular event or point in time.

Examples:

One decade after the war, the country had fully recovered.
The technology advanced significantly one decade after the initial invention.

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having regard to the EC/IAEA/WHO International Conference held in Vienna (8-12 April 1996): One decade after Chernobyl - summing up the consequences of the accident,
One day, decades after the first Stacy had appeared on earth.
Francesco joined the fashion industry after one decade spent in the digital arena, starting-up and leading some of the biggest interactive agencies.
After one decade of messy back-and-forth between EU member states and watering down the Constitutional Treaty, the Treaty of Lisbon finally enters into force on 1December 2009.
Furthermore, the time has come to put the institutional framework in order, distinguishing between the various forms of Union interventions and decisions that have been piling up over the decades with one treaty after another.
On the average, day after day, year after year, decade after decade, the population inside the cage will be one hundred.
Furthermore, I'm working on a second chapter of ORDO ECCLESIAE MORTIS, a decade after the first one. At this moment, I'm already busy in studio, with the vocals and overdubs.
More than two decades after the Velvet Revolution and the fall of communism, the popularity of Prague as one of Europe's premier tourist destinations shows no signs of slowing down.
But in the decades after the tank has been used occasionally.
Byzantium - two decades after Interview with the Vampire, Neil Jordan returns to vampire movies.
For the first three decades after the Second World War, state aid and protectionism were less controversial.
In the decade after its founding, NIHON KOHDEN grew rapidly.
Less than two decades after communism was overthrown in eastern Europe, the capitalist system is, history did not end.
Today, 14 patients are still alive over two decades after the study began.
And they're looking at Africa because that yellow line is showing you that the number of young Africans is going to continue to get bigger decade after decade after decade out to 2050.
Decade after decade... after decade.
Almost a decade after their adoption these Directives appear dented by the increased complexity of the online environment.
Cluster bombs contain a large number of bomblets which, if unexploded, continue to pose a mortal threat for decades after hostilities have ended.
Decades after the end of the war, they still pose a threat of injury and death and should urgently be made harmless.
It will thus have subsidised the DEI to the tune of approximately EUR 20 billion over the two decades after 2000.

Alternatives:

a decade after
ten years after

a decade after