turn of the century

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Between the Civil War and the turn of the century, the percentage of Americans identifying as Catholics doubled from about 8% of the population to 17%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Rebooting those series represents the "cultural centrality to television that was made before the turn of the century and even into the new century," Thompson said.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Together, Coppola and Jacobs dominated and defined what indie style looked like at the turn of the century.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

The story was distinctly American, about Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker living and working in Washington at the turn of the century.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

But by the turn of the century, lynchings were hardly the everyday occurrence that they are often considered in the public recollection.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt