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

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The organisation went on to say how Francis celebrated his centenary last year surrounded by family and friends.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

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

The World War One and Dylan Thomas centenaries will also be reflected.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2014

It is a singular coincidence, perhaps, that during one and the same summer we should be celebrating centenaries of Samuel Pepys and George Borrow. 

From George Borrow Times Literary Supplement, 10th July 1903 by Thomas Seccombe


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