The phrase "addressed years" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to years that have been discussed or dealt with, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The addressed years in the report highlight significant changes in policy."
Alternatives: "discussed years" or "considered years".
"If you are looking for real solutions, this is going to take years and should have been addressed years ago".
Known to be intensely private, Spacey then for the first time publicly addressed years of speculation and rumors about his sexual orientation.
We are trying to address problems in the emergency room when they need to be addressed years earlier around the dinner table, in the neighborhood, and on the playground.
But as with many perhaps most things that Walmart does when it comes to products and merchandising, it is a day late and a dining room short of a trend it should have addressed years ago.
"Rangers Football Club has been living beyond its means for many years and much of the cost cutting and efficiency improvements should have been addressed years ago by previous boards when we were in the lower divisions.
Who better to handle the move to the Web than companies with Y2K experience?" If any good has come out of Y2K, experts say, it is that the crisis forced the corporate world to conduct line-by-line code inventories that should have been addressed years ago.
Earth Day is a good reminder to go green, but many problems need to be addressed year round.
Now the FA is trying to address years of neglect in urban areas where pitches are often unplayable through the winter months, and changing rooms are decrepit.
Mr. Abrahams, who turns 28 on Sept. 7, said he views the proposed 19.4percentt property tax increase as the "only solution to address years of Republican mismanagement".
Researchers hope that the ministry, announced in mid-December, is a signal that the government will start to address years of declining budgets and poorly coordinated science priorities.
"It seeks to address years and years of noncompliance with a very powerful and unique remedy," he said, "by placing complete management authority under control of an independent individual".
