The VC10 served its intended market for a mere decade and a half.

You have learned in a mere decade what others from birth take fifty years to master.

It was great living here in the future, a mere decade after the turn of the century.

Still true, though less so today than just a mere decade or two ago.

So meaningful interaction is restricted to a physical range of a mere six decades.

As a result, these cars' shells had become severely corroded after a mere decade of service.

The peace that arrived two months later endured a mere two decades more.

We are much more conscious of environmental damage now than we were a mere few decades ago.

A mere decade or two later she will be able to laugh about the experience.

Earth's climate had changed rapidly in the past-in some cases, within mere decades.