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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

Spence also recorded a version of Nessun Dorma, filmed on the steps of the Royal Albert Hall, to mark the aria's centenary.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Zhu died just days before the Communist Party leadership gathered to commemorate the birth centenary of President Jiang Zemin, who died in 2022.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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

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

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

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2014

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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