Usage examples of "decades" in English with translation to French

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His face was cyanosed from decades of drinking. Il avait le visage cyanosé par les décennies de beuverie.

After decades of civil war, order was restored. Après des décennies de guerre civile, l'ordre fut restauré.

The cleanup at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could take years, possibly decades. Le nettoyage du site de la centrale Fukushima Daichi pourrait prendre des années, voire des décennies.

In the United States, 20 million new jobs have been created during the past two decades, most of them in the service sector. Aux États-Unis d'Amérique, vingt millions de nouveaux emplois ont été créés dans les deux dernières décennies, la plupart d'entre eux dans le secteur des services.

It was almost a decade ago, on May 8th, 1980, that Mount St. Helens erupted. Il y a seulement une décennie, le 8 mai 1980, que le Mont St Helens entra en éruption.

Malware? This word will be a hit. It could become the word of the decade and, why not, of the century. Maliciel ? Le mot va faire florès. Il pourrait bien devenir le mot de la décennie et pourquoi pas du siècle.

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