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century

adjective as in of one hundred years

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China has financed tens of billions of pounds' worth of investment in UK businesses and projects this century, some of which gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC Panorama has learned.

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Among them is Amazon specialist Bruce Fosberg, who has spent half a century studying the forest.

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"Predator: Badlands" from Disney's 20th Century Studios dropped from first to third place, taking in $13 million.

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Legislation I am introducing with Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly will bring our legal code into the 21st century.

Sinner becomes just the fourth player to successfully retain the men's singles title this century, joining Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer and Djokovic.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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