Meaning of 2040s | Babel Free

Definitions

The decade from Sunday, January 1, 2040 to Friday, December 31, 2049.

plural, plural-only

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.”

“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.”

“The 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.”

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