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"Century" in a Sentence (22 examples)
What does it mean to have an educated mind in the 21st century?
The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.
Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.
Scientific knowledge has greatly advanced since the 16th century.
Some scientists predict that the world oil reserves will be used up within a century.
Science has made rapid progress in this century.
Science is the way to prepare for the 21st century.
Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one, in order to cope with the coming unprecedented aging society towards the 21st century.
Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.
Much of London was destroyed in the seventeenth century.
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Holonyms: kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < microcentury (humorous) < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond
He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.
Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
In 16th and 17th century Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.
But in fact the antinomy of exceptionalism and assimilationism has been there all along, and otherwise puzzling decisions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries become readily understandable when seen as moments when assimilationism was ascendant. […] The Supreme Court confirmed this more than a century ago and has maintained it consistently ever since.
Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion
'tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro and con.
Hamilton reached his century 14 years after securing his maiden pole in the Canadian Grand Prix in 2007, which he went on to win to take the first step on the road to becoming Formula One's most successful driver.
He has scored 44 limited-overs centuries.
They put on a century stand to help their team recover from 57–4 to 198–4.
That was his tenth professional century.
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