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English
Noun
decades
- plural of decade.
2013 August 17, “One nation, behind bars”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8849:For decades American politicians have assumed that mass incarceration works, wooing voters with ever-tougher sentencing laws. The dramatic fall in crime since the 1990s has persuaded many that they were right. Locking up the worst criminals while they are young, fit and dangerous clearly makes America safer. But keeping sad cases […] incarcerated past pensionable age serves little purpose. Prison has diminishing returns, and America long ago passed the point where jailing more people makes sense.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
decades
- plural of decade
Synonyms
Latin
Noun
decādēs
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of decās