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century

[sen-chuh-ree] / ˈsɛn tʃə ri /
ADJECTIVE
of one hundred years
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He said it had been a quarter of a century of suffering for both of them.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

As a result, the South has remained our problem child for a century and a half, roughly as the Balkans are to the rest of Europe.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

The poem survives today because it was copied into certain manuscripts of Ecclesiastical History of the English People, an 8th century history written in Latin by the English monk Bede.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

After being hunted to extinction a century ago, gray wolves are continuing their remarkable comeback story in California, with state wildlife officials reporting a modern record number of the apex predators.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

He’s completely still, but outside the museum, a new century is accelerating.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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