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The phrase "a decade to completing" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an attempt to express a time frame related to the completion of something, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "It took a decade to completing the project" should be rephrased for clarity.
Alternatives: "a decade to finish" or "a decade until completion".
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He repeatedly addressed war, racism and poverty, and devoted a decade to completing a series of woodcut portraits of people who were tortured and killed under a rightist military dictatorship in his home country, Uruguay, from 1973 to 1985.
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The project could cost up to $1.5 billion and take a decade to complete.
The 760-page document, written by Father O'Donnell, took close to a decade to complete.
The entire project is expected to take a decade to complete.
It could take a decade to complete, if it ever is.
An abridged version of her doctoral thesis, the book took a decade to complete.
The building cost just over a billion pounds and took a decade to complete.
The Fonte Gaia, begun in 1408, took more than a decade to complete.
As enrolling 10,000 people will take time, the full study could take a decade to complete.
The entire project is estimated to take at least a decade to complete.
The Evening Standard said the reforms would take a decade to complete to minimise disruption to schools.
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