centennial
noun
cen·ten·ni·al
sen-ˈte-nē-əl 
: a 100th anniversary or its celebration
centennial
adjective
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The Burrell Park neighborhood is celebrating its centennial Aug. 24 with an event to let the rest of the community know about its history.
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
The Joliet museum was instrumental in saving one of the most famous of the advertising figures, the Gemini Giant that until recently stood outside of the former Launching Pad restaurant in Wilmington, an icon along Route 66, the famous road that will mark its centennial in 2026.
—Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
Fed-up civil rights leaders met in New York and chose the centennial of Lincoln’s birthday, Feb. 12, 1909, to form the NAACP, whose original board included scholar W.E.B. Du Bois.
—Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
Paris received the 2024 Olympics, marking the centennial of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, while in September 2017, Los Angeles was formally awarded the 2028 Summer Olympics.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
The Joliet museum was instrumental in saving one of the most famous of the advertising figures, the Gemini Giant that until recently stood outside of the former Launching Pad restaurant in Wilmington, an icon along Route 66, the famous road that will mark its centennial in 2026.
—Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
Fed-up civil rights leaders met in New York and chose the centennial of Lincoln’s birthday, Feb. 12, 1909, to form the NAACP, whose original board included scholar W.E.B. Du Bois.
—Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
Paris received the 2024 Olympics, marking the centennial of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, while in September 2017, Los Angeles was formally awarded the 2028 Summer Olympics.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Centennial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/centennial. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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