A17

If it was 1960 and you were speaking of something that happened in 1950, you might say, “That was ten ________.”

YEARS AGO 933
YEARS BACK 33
YEAR AGO 26
DECADE AGO 9
YEARS PREVIOUS 6
DECADE 5
YEARS 5
YEARS PAST 5
NR 3
YEARS BEFORE 3
AGO 2
YEARS AGONE 2
YEARS HENCE 2
YEARS PRIOR 2
BACK IN THE FIFTIES 1
BACK TEN YEARS 1
BEEN TEN YEARS 1
DECADE PAST 1
EONS AGO 1
IN THE PAST 1
IN THE PREVIOUS DECADE 1
LONG YEARS AGO 1
MONTHS AGO 1
OR TWELVE YEARS AGO 1
SHORT YEARS 1
SOME TIME AGO 1
SOME TIME BACK 1
SPAN OF TEN YEARS 1
THAT HAPPENED IN NINETEEN-FIFTY 1
UPWARDS OF TEN YEARS AGO 1
WILD YEARS AGO 1
YEAR PRECEDING 1
YEARS ABACK 1
YEARS FROM NOW 1
YEARS GONE 1
YEARS GONE BY 1
YEARS PRECEDING 1
YEARS PREVIOUSLY 1
YEARS SINCE THAT HAPPEN 1
YEARS THAT FAR BACK 1

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