century
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Beginning in the late 19th century, California farmers regularly used their own equipment to dredge the delta channels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
For 20 years, Andy Malkinson was blamed for the attack in one of the worst miscarriages of justice this century, serving 17 years in prison.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern: The speech is ostensibly bemoaning the progressive movement of the early 20th century, but the New Republic’s Matt Ford has a fantastic piece about how his history is completely wrong.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
A century ago, the democratization of poetry was only a dream.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
He sat by an open window, sipping his coffee, and imagined how Rue Cortot had looked when Monsieur Renoir ate his breakfast here more than a century before.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing century
Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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