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centennial

[sen-ten-ee-uhl] / sɛnˈtɛn i əl /
ADJECTIVE
century
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ADJECTIVE
hundred
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“We’ve spent 100 years writing about the city and for the centennial, we wanted to hear from it,” LiCalzi said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass celebrated the paper’s centennial in a written statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Calls for a memorial began almost immediately, with sentiments intensifying in the years around 1832, the centennial of Washington’s birth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The City of Brotherly Love reached a toasty 91 degrees at the hottest part of the day on the centennial July 4, 1876, according to the National Weather Service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The collection of centennial quarters Toby’s mom had given him before she split.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

It’s one of several Los Angeles landmarks celebrating their centennials this year, a reflection of how rapidly L.A. was growing in the early 1920s.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

Turkcan said millennials were born between 1979 and 1996, and centennials - the next major generation for baseball - began in 1997 and ended between four and eight years ago.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2019

Turkcan said millennials were born between 1979 and 1996, and centennials — the next major generation for baseball — began in 1997 and ended between four and eight years ago.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2019

Their centennials or bicentennials are being commemorated this year.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2011

On the southern side of the street were a mix of larger apartment buildings, and at either end of the block were churches that had recently celebrated their centennials.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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