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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a decade beforehand" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a time period that is ten years prior to a specific event or point in time.
Example: "The research was conducted a decade beforehand, providing valuable insights into the current situation."
Alternatives: "ten years earlier" or "a decade prior".
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This sort of planning typically begins a decade beforehand.
Last September they met again, when Essex played Lancashire at Chelmsford, just as they had a decade beforehand.
Other than the fact he had died almost a decade beforehand,and was now appearing live in hologram form.
For more than a decade beforehand, she had lent a hint of the exotic to monochrome, domestic British cinema.
The fact of all this is: Chamali Fernando is never going to be voted in as MP for Cambridge because it's a notorious left-of-center stronghold currently Lib Dem after being Labour for a decade beforehand.
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Couples are delaying marriage the average first-time bride is two and a half years older than a decade ago and living together for longer beforehand.
"It takes a decade, two decades.
It was a decade.
It took a decade.
That took a decade.
Almost a decade".
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