centenary
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He resurfaced, conspicuously, at the Communist Party’s centenary celebration in Tiananmen Square the following summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The centenary Test in 1977 was also played in Melbourne but this match will be the first men's Test at the venue to use a pink ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Qualification will be absurdly easy - Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay are already there as hosts, staging one game each as a gesture of celebration for the World Cup centenary.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
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
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
In many centenaries the dominant interest is the personal.
From Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Connecticut, Diocese Of
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Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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