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2080s

2080s noun: the decade from Monday, January 1, 2080 to Saturday, December 31, 2089.

Noun

2080s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade from Monday, January 1, 2080 to Saturday, December 31, 2089.
    • 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...2015 June 6, Robert Kopp, Jonathan Buzan and Matthew Huber, “The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2019
    • If the population hits around 10 billion people in the 2080s and then begins to decline, it might still exceed today’s eight billion after 2100.2023 September 18, “The World’s Population May Peak in Your Lifetime. What Happens Next?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2023

Examples of 2080s in a sentence

  • And strong reductions — bringing global emissions to zero by the 2080s — can cap the growth of humidity extremes by the midcentury.2015 June 6, Robert Kopp, Jonathan Buzan and Matthew Huber, “The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity”, in The New York Times, archived...
  • Demographers expect the world’s population to peak in the coming decades — likely around 10 billion in the 2080s, according to experts at the U.N.2024 March 20, German Lopez, “An American Slowdown”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2024:

Questions about 2080s

What does 2080s mean?
2080s means the decade from Monday, January 1, 2080 to Saturday, December 31, 2089.
How do you use 2080s in a sentence?
And strong reductions — bringing global emissions to zero by the 2080s — can cap the growth of humidity extremes by the midcentury.
What part of speech is 2080s?
2080s is a noun.

Words near 2080s in the dictionary

  1. 2040s
  2. 2048
  3. 2050s
  4. 2060s
  5. 2070s
  6. 2080s
  7. 2090s
  8. 20K
  9. 20Ks
  10. 20s
  11. 20th

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