the turn of the century

noun phrase

: the beginning of a new century

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Director: Majid Majidi Runtime: 1h 29m Children of Heaven, the first Iranian film to be nominated for an Oscar, is representative of the naïve, childlike Iranian cinema of the turn of the century. Tiara Ataii, Vulture, 24 June 2025 That all changed shortly after the turn of the century, when in 2003, Yamazaki 12 Year Old was awarded the gold medal at the International Spirits Competition in the UK. Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 By the time that spirit found McPherson, Pentecostalism had travelled a long way from Topeka, where the preacher Charles Fox Parham founded it just after the turn of the century. Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 Hoover, a decade-long dominant boys basketball program just after the turn of the century, has hired former Cardinals All-CIF standout Miles Nolen-Webb. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the turn of the century

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