How to Use centenary in a Sentence

centenary

noun
  • This year marks the centenary of the building's construction.
  • In a few months, The New Yorker will celebrate its centenary.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This edition marks the centenary of the last time Paris hosted the Games in 1924.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 29 July 2024
  • Next year, events around the world will mark the centenary of his birth.
    B.f. | Kendal, The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
  • This edition of the Olympics marks the centenary of the last time Paris hosted the Games in 1924.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 23 July 2024
  • The project is timed to the centenary of the 1918 Spanish flu, the worst pandemic on record.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2018
  • In this centenary of the darkest year of the Great War, what truer novel to read?
    Alice Kaplan, New Republic, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The centenary of Rodin’s death in 2017 expanded the web of intrigue around The Thinker and the attack.
    Randal Doane, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
  • But the level of caution for the centenary has reached new heights.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 28 June 2021
  • July 18 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, and across the world events are planned to mark it.
    Peter Godwin, WSJ, 13 July 2018
  • By the centenary in 2049, Mr Xi has vowed, China will have developed to the point that its strength is plain for the world to see.
    The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
  • There were several events in honor of the centenary, but the highlight of the day was the flypast.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 10 July 2018
  • Then there’s Bach, Liszt and the founders of the modernist Bauhaus movement, which celebrates its centenary in 2019 in the town of Weimar.
    Smithsonian, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Prep time was limited because the idea was to get the film ready in time for Sen’s birth centenary.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2023
  • Grainger made further sense because this year is the centenary of his birth.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • This year marks the centenary of the death of Prince Albert's great-great-grandfather and namesake.
    Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
  • Two books celebrate the centenary of Hecht’s birth in 1923.
    David Mason, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
  • One noteworthy anniversary this year is the centenary of the Red Cross’s first of three awards.
    Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Just imagine what’s in store for the Turbo’s centenary.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Proust died at fifty-one, in Paris, of pneumonia, on November 18th, and last year was the centenary of his death.
    William Benton, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2023
  • This year marks the centenary of America's entry into what was then called the Great War.
    Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 28 June 2017
  • There’s the centenary of all sorts of events in his career coming up, but the connection to our own era feels deeper.
    Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2022
  • On the outskirts of town, the Ojai Valley Inn will celebrate its centenary next year.
    Dania Maxwell, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2022
  • Kate and Meghan both attended last year's Remembrance Day, which marked the centenary of the armistice, with both of their husbands.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Nov. 2019
  • World Butter Chicken Day, in other words, celebrates the centenary of the restaurant that birthed the dish.
    Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2020
  • In 2028, the world will mark the centenary of Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin.
    Jeremy Coller, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • This is just one event in a series today surrounding the RAF centenary.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 10 July 2018
  • This simple act marked the only recognition of the centenary.
    Dorvall Bedford, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The center is set to open in 2028 to coincide with the centenary of the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic.
    Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • The new statue will be financed in part from a 5 million pound ($6.8 million) fund to honor the centenary of women’s suffrage.
    Thomas Furse, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017

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