centennial
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This year’s centennial improvements along the route “are things that are going to go into the future,” Martin said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Women’s Open to Riviera Country Club for the first time, merging the game’s most prestigious women’s championship with a historic venue celebrating its centennial year.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
During the centennial year, it was transferred to the Library of Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
When Americans prepared to commemorate the nation’s centennial in 1876, the nation had begun to come to terms with its complicated history, and many saw reason to celebrate its mere continued existence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
After seeing women omitted from history in the centennial celebrations, the suffragists decided to write their own account of the women’s suffrage movement.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing centennial
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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