twenty-first century
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"We find that rapid ocean warming, at approximately triple the historical rate, is likely committed over the twenty-first century, with widespread increases in ice-shelf melting, including in regions crucial for ice-sheet stability," the authors write.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2023
What if you told him that, even in his moment, Exxon's scientists already understood with remarkable accuracy what was going to happen to us in the distinctly overheating twenty-first century?
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023
For home cooks baking up pecan pie well into the twenty-first century, Karo is still pretty much the only brand you can buy in grocery stores: It has kept that corporate hold.
From Slate • Nov. 24, 2022
These young engineers are learning from the most innovative person of the twenty-first century.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022
They seemed especially interested in what life in the twenty-first century was like.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
