The phrase "a decade of concern" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a ten-year period characterized by worry or anxiety about a particular issue or situation.
Example: "The report highlights a decade of concern regarding climate change and its impact on global ecosystems."
Alternatives: "ten years of worry" or "a ten-year period of anxiety".
Every new phenomenon heralds a decade of concern-trolling thinkpieces about bad habits and the doom of a generation.
After a decade of concerns and criticisms about the lack of rigorous national standards in the No Child Left Behind Act, we now have a set of ambitious standards for use nationwide — the Common Core State Standards.
A decade on concerns about the sustainability of the planet, labor standards, and the hollowing out of the industrialized countries' middle class jobs remain.
It's worth remembering that Reagan, hardly a fan of reversing course or raising taxes, found it necessary to propose significant tax increases in 1982 and 1984 (the equivalent in today's economy of $3.5 trillion over a decade) because of concerns about federal debt.
This construction follows a decade of controversy, including concerns that the widening would violate the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act passed in 2004; an exemption to this act allowed the construction to proceed.
The rise in the maternal mortality ratio from 117 to 294 per 100,000 live births within a decade is of concern.
Los Angeles recorded a 12.7% increase in overall crime, ending more than a decade of declines and raising concerns about what more officials can do to reverse the trend.
The reason the story went viral was that New York and the nation were in the midst of a decade of rising — not falling — social concern.
But the PAN cannot escape blame for a decade of limp economic growth and rising concern over crime.
A4 Improving Indonesian Relations The United States and Indonesia are seeking to use their cooperation in dealing with the tsunami crisis as a springboard to restore closer military ties after a decade of limited contact because of American concern over human rights abuses by the Indonesian Army.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan . 16- The United States and Indonesia are seeking to use their cooperation in dealing with the tsunami crisis as a springboard to restore closer military ties after a decade of limited contact because of American concern over human rights abuses by the Indonesian Army, senior defense officials from both countries said Sunday.
