No. 762 in French
décennies
"Décennies" means "decades" in English.
In a sentence
Les technologies ont considérablement évolué au cours des dernières décennies.
Technologies have significantly evolved over the past decades.
Here, 'décennies' refers to a span of multiple ten-year periods to emphasize temporal progress.
Il a fallu des décennies pour bâtir ce patrimoine.
It took decades to build this heritage.
In this example, 'décennies' highlights the lengthy duration over which an extensive process occurred.
Les archives contiennent des documents datant de plusieurs décennies.
The archives contain documents dating back several decades.
The term 'décennies' is used to describe different ten-year intervals during which historical documents were produced.
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