the turn of the century

noun phrase

: the beginning of a new century

Examples of the turn of the century in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the turn of the century, more than four-fifths of kerosene was sourced domestically. —Ian King, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026

Though the cocaine content of Coca-Cola had already received bad publicity by the turn of the century, Bradham’s health‑forward approach seems to have been an honest and self-driven one. —Ryan Wilusz, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

The rise of white-collar work made a college degree the expected path, and offshoring and free trade agreements through the turn of the century only accelerated that shift, leaving trade roles increasingly scarce. —Jake Angelo, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026

As early as 1888, Kansas City was reported to have a hundred mandolin clubs, and, by the turn of the century, all the major East Coast cities had mandolin orchestras. —Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the turn of the century

• penitentiary
• plenipotentiary