the turn of the century

noun phrase

: the beginning of a new century

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Polling data suggests that current adoption rates of AI chat tools look similar to internet adoption rates at the turn of the century. Adam Noboa, NBC news, 18 June 2025 His work as a novelist and librettist continued until the turn of the century. Pablo Maurer, New York Times, 16 May 2025 Casa Grande explores the intertwining lives of Northern California farmland families at the turn of the century, with an upstairs/downstairs take on themes of class, immigration, culture and family. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 May 2025 The number of scientific papers published on functional mushrooms has exploded since the turn of the century, according to the National Library of Medicine’s database. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the turn of the century

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