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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