century
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Los Angeles Cold Storage expanded several times throughout the twentieth century, becoming the city’s most prominent cold storage company, according to the Conservancy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
Just as in Brady’s portrait of Lincoln a century prior, the columns behind King impart a classical, timeless air.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
A three-year-old boy was rescued alive from the rubble in Caracas on Tuesday, a Jordanian rescue team said, a full six days after Venezuela's most powerful quake in over a century.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
An 18-month-long project to "re-wiggle" a river after more than a century has been successfully completed prompting "tears and celebrations".
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
Well into the twentieth century and the civil rights movement, the poisonous legacy of slavery shaped many attitudes about African Americans.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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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