centenary
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This year marks the centenary of AA Milne's books, first published in 1926 and later brought to the screen by Walt Disney.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Monroe’s centenary arrives this month amid a push to re-establish her as a serious actress and a multidimensional person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"To celebrate that partnership during the centenary weekend, and in Morecambe itself, feels incredibly fitting."
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The BBC is leading the celebration of the Briton's centenary with a full week of programming dedicated to his life.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
A recent centenary conference and festival devoted to him in modern Hungary simply described him, correctly, as 'European'.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
The festival was bookended by two comedies celebrating their centenaries: Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” and Buster Keaton’s “Go West.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
It celebrates the centenaries of two laws that enfranchised some British women and gave those over 21 the right to stand for Parliament.
From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018
Running from 13 July to 8 September, the 124th Proms season will mark several centenaries: Leonard Bernstein's birth, Claude Debussy's death and the parliamentary recognition of women's right to vote.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2018
The Ruders, a joint commission by the Britten-Pears Foundation and the Royal Philharmonic Society in honour of their various centenaries and bicentenaries, was delightful from beginning to end.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2013
Their pay, most probably of a month, was computed at thirty-four centenaries of gold, about one hundred and thirty-six thousand pounds sterling.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart
Vocabulary lists containing centenary
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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