centenary
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Lufthansa, celebrating the centenary of its maiden flight next month, announced its highest-ever annual revenue of €39.6 billion for 2025 last week, beating analyst expectations, as it raised its dividend and lifted 2026 financial guidance.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
A wildlife trust celebrating its centenary has bought what will become a new nature reserve for £4.6m.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
Later this month, the world premiere of Kurtag's second opera "Die Stechardin" about the 18th-century love story of a German polymath and a flower girl will cap the centenary of his birth.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Bournemouth University plans to hold a special centenary event on their campus at 15:00 GMT on Monday to mark the occasion, with speakers from the world of television.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 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
Vocabulary lists containing centenary
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