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century

[sen-chuh-ree] / ˈsɛn tʃə ri /
ADJECTIVE
of one hundred years
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But the quality falls off dramatically after that, with Scotland and Haiti both playing in a World Cup for the first time this century.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The Kentucky Derby has come to Louisville on the first Saturday of May for nearly a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In their 2013 study “Golden Dilemma,” they found that over extremely long periods — a century or more — gold does appear to maintain its purchasing power.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Stokes made his first Test century in two years against India at Old Trafford last summer, only to then miss the final Test because of a shoulder injury.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

It had happened barely more than a century before.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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