centennial
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While presidential candidates campaigned around the country, organizers prepared to open Philadelphia’s Centennial Exhibition, the first such World’s Fair in America.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Funding for the project primarily came from the Future Makers initiative, supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation and the Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
America’s first officially sanctioned World’s Fair, the Centennial International Exhibition, arrived when the country was still defining its place among industrial nations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
But Centennial coach Matt Logan and others made it clear he had to earn his playing time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
On the first day of the Centennial Celebration the town began to fill up with merrymakers and the curious.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing centennial
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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