decade

Preposition: of

• neglect: The condition of the stand was poor, hinting at decades of neglect punctuated by moments of abuse.
• century: This house in its turn burnt down in the first decade of the 20th century.
• underinvestment: It is almost a statement of the obvious to say when we look at the railways today that the problem is decades of underinvestment.
• millenium: Now, in the first decade of the new millenium we can see the same pattern starting to repeat in Turkey.
• disinvestment: Decades of disinvestment wanton sodomy retook the reins was one of.
• dominance: Finally, after six decades of total dominance, Disney finally faced serious competition from other Hollywood companies in the field of animated features.

Possessives

• worth: It's the pinnacle of a decade's worth of sonic adventures.

Converse of object

• span: In a career spanning three decades, Jones has brought a wide range of keenly etched characters to the movie screen.
• intervene: During the intervening decade, this class was completely restructured in size, wealth and ambition.
• spend: To spend decades on death row with only one way out execution.
• reverse: It takes time to reverse decades of neglect and under-investment.
• survive: How could you possibly survive this decade without friends?
• commemorate: To commemorate a decade of existence, Idaho put out this collection of previously unreleased material gathered between 1992 and 2002.

Adjective modifier

• past: In the past decade Hoover hasn't had an easy time.
• coming: Without real reform the coming decades will see ever more pensioners drawing means tested benefits.
• last: The last decade of Swift's life was not happy.
• next: The US is planning to introduce four TMD systems within the next decade.
• recent: The main road to the far north west has been much improved over recent decades.
• few: You haven't got very long a few decades at most, just a fleeting moment relative to eternity.

Noun used with modifier

• programfor: Are completely free off for insurers programfor decades the excessive jury awards.