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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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The basilica was due to be finished for this year’s centenary of Gaudí’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Hassan Perez, a historian, former student leader and close collaborator of Castro, acknowledged that the centenary was arriving under "the most complex conditions that could have been imagined."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Marking the club's centenary, Fiorentina's new home shirt features an embossed pattern inspired by the ornamental frames of Renaissance art found in the city of Florence.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Ahmedabad in the west of India is set to host the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

There was also, poignantly now, a slender, hardbound history of Centralia, prepared to mark the town’s centenary just before the outbreak of the fire.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

Northern Ireland Minister Hugo Swire warned about the possibility of dissident groups using upcoming centenaries for their own purposes.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023

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

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 Diocese Of Connecticut




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