centennial
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At a launch event on Tuesday, Sir David said: "When I narrated the first Blue Planet series, it didn't occur to me that I would be narrating a third series in my centennial year."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Adding to the celebratory theme, the centennial comes on Hispanic Heritage Month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The latest battle began in 2024, as the state government was preparing for the Bauhaus’s centennial anniversary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
Several weeks after the centennial gathering in Philadelphia, Susan B. Anthony visited Elizabeth Cady Stanton at her new home in Tenafly, New Jersey.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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
From Bernstein centennials at Tanglewood to Mahler in the desert, concerts across the country you don’t want to miss this season.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2018
Special attention was given to William Schuman and Samuel Barber, whose centennials are being celebrated this year.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2010
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
Vocabulary lists containing centennial
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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