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century

[sen-chuh-ree] / ˈsɛn tʃə ri /
ADJECTIVE
of one hundred years
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Both paintings had been a part of the hotel for more than a century.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The last El Nino cycle in 2023-2024 brought southern Africa's worst drought in more than a century, leaving 61 million people in need of assistance, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Another theory, proposed in earlier studies, suggests the parasite may have arrived in red foxes imported for hunting about a century ago.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Though the sequels became progressively worse, each one has a handful of great situational gags — diamonds sparkling through manure recalling the finest, silliest bits in classic spoof films from the late 20th century.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

But he was connected to people who were anything but small-time—including a painter who was about to become the most important artist of this new century.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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