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century

[sen-chuh-ree] / ˈsɛn tʃə ri /
ADJECTIVE
of one hundred years
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"This is why we need to study our religion and to research it, even in the 21st century, to see what we got wrong and how we can fix it."

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

It is proposing to change the school history curriculum by placing more emphasis on the century that came before the catastrophic conflicts of World War One and Two.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Museum collections preserve pangolin specimens collected more than a century ago, giving scientists access to animals from locations and populations that can be extremely difficult to sample today.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

For most of the 20th century, retirement had a familiar shape.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Before the twentieth century, the names of young, unmarried women rarely appeared in print.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Masterpieces woven from mulberry silk or pure sheep wool by artisans have adorned imperial courts, museums and luxury homes across the world over the centuries.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

The greatest contemporary challenge, Mr. Lieberman argues, lies in addressing an industrial food system that has evolved over centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Published in Nature Communications, the findings suggest that a DNA repair mechanism may allow Greenland sharks to preserve their eyesight for centuries without showing signs of retinal degeneration.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

A stand of 120 with Dan Lawrence, who marked his recall with 51, came after Root and Jordan Cox both missed out on landmark centuries.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

I want my brother’s last memory going into centuries of sleep to be something good.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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