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centenary

[sen-ten-uh-ree, sen-tn-er-ee, sen-tee-nuh-ree] / sɛnˈtɛn ə ri, ˈsɛn tnˌɛr i, sɛnˈti nə ri /
ADJECTIVE
century
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ADJECTIVE
hundred
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Patrice Chéreau’s 1976 Bayreuth centenary staging, for many still the cycle’s definitive modern vision, found a parable of industrial capitalism and class conflict inside Wagner’s myth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

A film telling the story of his formative years was released in 2025 - the centenary year of his birth.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

US-indicted Cuban leader Raul Castro received a standing ovation as he appeared in public for the first time in months Thursday, attending an event in Havana to mark the centenary of his brother Fidel's birth.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The Commonwealth flag was last night ceremonially handed over to the Indian city of Amdavad, which will stage the centenary event in 2030.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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

With 2019 short on big musical centenaries, the 150th anniversary of the death of Berlioz features prominently.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2019

The company, led by the artistic director, Mikko Nissinen, opens its season with “Genius at Play,” a program developed in celebration of the centenaries of Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2018

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

The centenaries are called companions by Tacitus, after the custom of the Romans; among whom the titles of honor were, Caesar, the Legatus or Lieutenant of Caesar, and his comites, or companions.

From The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus


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