centennial
noun
cen·ten·ni·al
sen-ˈte-nē-əl 
: a 100th anniversary or its celebration
centennial
adjective
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The Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club is one of the oldest garden clubs in the United States and will celebrate its centennial in 2026.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Fendi is once again mounting a coed show in September designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of accessories and menswear collections, to continue celebrating its centennial.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
The centennial was celebrated with a play, a parade, races, a horse show, a whiskers contest, a women's costume contest, a hog calling contest, square dancing, a watermelon eating contest and crowning of Miss Pea Ridge on Aug. 4-5, 1950.
—Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
Completing second grade was a requirement to go to Camp Mystic, an all-girl Christian camp that was planning its centennial next year and whose alumni included the two daughters of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and former first lady Laura Bush, a counselor.
—Joan Chrissos
july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Fendi is once again mounting a coed show in September designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of accessories and menswear collections, to continue celebrating its centennial.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
The centennial was celebrated with a play, a parade, races, a horse show, a whiskers contest, a women's costume contest, a hog calling contest, square dancing, a watermelon eating contest and crowning of Miss Pea Ridge on Aug. 4-5, 1950.
—Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
Completing second grade was a requirement to go to Camp Mystic, an all-girl Christian camp that was planning its centennial next year and whose alumni included the two daughters of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and former first lady Laura Bush, a counselor.
—Joan Chrissos
july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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“Centennial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/centennial. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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