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Leiyuanmin Posted 15 years ago
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Past 10 years? nearly 10 years?

I am talking about a development that took place in the past 10 years. But it's not exactly 10 years; it's almost ten years. So what shall I say? "In the past 10 years, in the past 10 years or so, in nearly 10 years, we have been" don't fit well in this case.

Thanks in advance!
  

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leiyuanmin a development that took place in the past 10 years. Without specifc context, " a development that took place r oughly/ nearly 10 years ago. " " In/ for the past 10 years, the development made no prgress"

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  • leiyuanmin a development that took place in the past 10 years.
  • Without specifc context, " a development that took place r oughly/ nearly 10 years ago.
  • " " In/ for the past 10 years, the development made no prgress"
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leiyuanmin a development that took place in the past 10 years.
Without specifc context, " a development that took place roughly/ nearly 10 years ago."

" In/ for the past 10 years, the
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It would help if you gave the whole sentence.

Another option is the expression "over the past decade."
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