preceding decade

collocation in English

meaningsofprecedinganddecade

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preceding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/us
/priːˈsiː.dɪŋ/
existing or happening before someone ...
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decade
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdek.eɪd/us
/ˈdek.eɪd/
a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 ...
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(Definition ofprecedinganddecadefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreceding decade

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The 1980s was the decade in which the principles of communicative language teaching, which had evolved in theprecedingdecade, began to gain traction in the classroom.
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They had organized their stations during theprecedingdecade, 1903-1912, and began their work there on the breeding of new varieties of wheat, oats, barley, and sugar beet.
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However, if the instability of certain values for the tertiary sector is overlooked, such as commission agents, the remaining activities were more dynamic than those of theprecedingdecade.
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In that case, we must not try to evade the following conclusion, namely that the commitments made for theprecedingdecadehave not been fulfilled.
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There is little evidence that there is much improved productivity higher than the reviled trend established in theprecedingdecade.
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Those figures are worse than those for 1980, but they are better than for most years in theprecedingdecade.
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The increase in theprecedingdecadewas 11·1.
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Estimates including leased assets are not available for theprecedingdecade, when leasing was a less important feature of investment.
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This is exactly half the rate at which it grew over the whole of the immediatelyprecedingdecade.
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The study analysed what had gone wrong over theprecedingdecadeor so.
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In contrast to theprecedingdecade, the 1980s saw a sharp decline in the popularity of high-legged boots.
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This administrative reorganisation was a response to the rapid population increase experienced across the territory, especially during theprecedingdecade.
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This administrative reorganisation was undertaken in response to the rapid population increase experienced across the territory, especially during theprecedingdecade.
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Much of the material reflects his political experiences of theprecedingdecade.
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Local electric utility officials later said they lost more wires in the storm than in theprecedingdecade.
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Several legal cases over theprecedingdecadein particular had already established that the monarch had no ecclesiastical jurisdiction in colonies possessing responsible government.
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It had been 13,829 in 2000; population hence grew by 5 percent over theprecedingdecade.
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The school population has seen an increase of more than 200 students in theprecedingdecade.
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The publication had steadily lost circulation and hence critical advertising revenues during theprecedingdecade.
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During theprecedingdecade33.3 million in tolls had been collected.
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