What does 1980s mean?

1980s

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Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: 1980s
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noun

The decade beginning in 1980 and ending in 1989.

noun

plural of 1980

Example Sentences

"On the Alxa Plateau of Inner Mongolia, Gaxun Nur Lake (262 km²) dried in the 1970s and the Sogo Nur Lake in the 1980s."
"Mr. Zhang said a main goal of moving people from Xihaigu was to turn the hills green, with a parallel planting program. More than two million acres have been converted to forest and pasture land, he said, citing the Guyuan area, where forest coverage was 22 percent last year, up from 4 percent in the 1980s."
"Stepnohirsk grew into a town from the village of Sukhoivanivka in the 1980s after vast deposits of manganese ore nearby were discovered."

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1980's (alternative)

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'80s 80s eighties