Meaning of 2070s | Babel Free

Definitions

The decade from Wednesday, January 1, 2070 to Sunday, December 31, 2079.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“Moderate reductions in emissions of heat-trapping gases — sufficient to stop⟳ global emissions growth by 2040 and bring⟳ emissions down to half their current levels by the 2070s — can avoid⟳ those paralyzing extremes and limit⟳ the expected late-century experience⟳ of the average American to about 18 dangerously humid days a year. And strong reductions — bringing global emissions to zero by the 2080s — can cap the growth of humidity extremes by the midcentury.”

“It’s the 2070s, sea levels have⟳ risen and war stalks the land⟳, but government — and government’s fussy linguistic style — endures.”

“The first beneficiaries will be people living in the 2070s because of what’s already in the system.”

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