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The phrase "a decade and a half of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period of time that spans fifteen years, often in contexts discussing experiences, achievements, or changes over that duration.
Example: "The company has seen significant growth and innovation over a decade and a half of operation."
Alternatives: "fifteen years of" or "one and a half decades of".
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That's a decade and a half of sheer dominance.
New Zealand is often portrayed as undergoing a decade and a half of non-stop change.
It took a decade and a half of conviction, investment, and dogged determination.
There followed a decade and a half of impressive prolificacy and diversity.
It is also the fruit of a decade and a half of archival research.
Then, after a decade and a half of war reporting, Hedges hung it up.
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Before Cardoso there was a decade-and-a-half of even worse economic failure, and income per person actually fell.
When he seized power in 1986 Uganda was a wreck, having endured a decade-and-a-half of murderous tyranny and civil war under Presidents Idi Amin and Milton Obote.
As for Firth, snagging a lead in a Woody Allen movie is an achievement, given he didn't even get cast in a comedy until 1997's Fever Pitch, after a decade-and-a-half of straight roles.
Nationally, the wake-up call came in 2007 with the realization that a decade-and-a-half of buoyant economic growth had scarcely dented child malnutrition rates, which remained higher than the average in sub-Saharan Africa.
Imagine that, again, except further conditioned by a decade-and-a-half of an endless War On Terror.
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