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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