Meanings
- pluralplural onlyThe decade from Sunday, January 1, 2040 to Friday, December 31, 2049.
The census has lumped African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans together, projected their numbers to the 2040s and decided that the sum should be labeled a majority.
2017 May 11, Herbert J. Gans, “The Census and Right-Wing Hysteria”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Dec 20202 more examples
Now, three scientists from the Met Office, the British weather agency, have concluded that human-caused global warming is going to make European summer heat waves “commonplace” by the 2040s.
2014 December 8, David Jolly, “Heat Waves in Europe Will Increase, Study Finds”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020The research, which examined daily temperatures and data from nearly 450 Sierra Nevada fires from 2001 to 2020 and projected the analysis into the future, found that the number of fires could increase by about 20 percent or more by the 2040s, and that the total burned area could increase by about 25 percent or more.
2021 November 17, Henry Fountain, “Hotter Summer Days Mean More Sierra Nevada Wildfires, Study Finds”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2021
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