How to Use centennial in a Sentence

centennial

noun
  • The moss showed few ill effects of its multi-centennial deep-freeze.
    — Daniel Ackerman, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2019
  • Meanwhile, my centennial is at the door.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Stay tuned for more as part of this year’s NHL centennials.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Rewild is the new West Coast pale ale, made with citra and centennial hops.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Take Person of the Year, which in two years will reach its centennial.
    — Sam Jacobs, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
  • This year marks the centennial of Route 66.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The show that kicks off a centennial celebration of the artist’s life.
    — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Now more celebrations are on the way to mark the centennial.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • The troupe is marking its centennial.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Forty paintings, drawings and prints marking the centennial of the painter’s death.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
  • Lucescu promptly took them to the title — their first in eight seasons — in the club’s centennial year.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The event is part of the parish’s centennial year activities.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022
  • And, just in time for its centennial, the sign has been given a new coat of 400 gallons of white paint.
    — Clara Westhoff, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Now, its extensive and pricey facelift is complete, just in time for the city’s grand centennial finale.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
  • This is very special because God put me in this position to be in the centennial class.
    — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 26 July 2021
  • Now, at the centennial of the massacre, Tulsa is rising up again.
    — Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 May 2021
  • This year marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 23 Jan. 2020
  • In their honor, this year's puppies each named after one of the brothers and dubbed the centennial litter.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Tickets to the new wing of the museum, which opened on June 3, are sold out through the centennial.
    — New York Times, 25 June 2021
  • He was also tapped to create a piece for the city’s centennial in 2018.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
  • But a centennial is as good a time as any to fill in what the predominant narrative often leaves out.
    — Jasmine Desiree, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • This year’s centennial of the end of the first world war, and of the empire’s collapse, is part of the explanation.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • The virtual event kicks off a year filled with of events marking the Clinic’s centennial.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Birthday party The salad will be the star of the city’s centennial party.
    — Alexandra Mendoza, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
  • Details are sparse so far on the Rangers’ plans for their centennial celebration.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The iconic highway reaches its centennial this year.
    — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • The iconic highway reaches its centennial this year.
    — Victoria E. Freile, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • Route 66 The centennial year is a special time to drive any stretch of Route 66.
    — Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
  • After the centennial, Lewis returned to Rome and spent the rest of her life in Europe.
    — Jessica Lynne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022
  • For the town of Porter’s centennial, a Hercules missile was carried on a float in the parade.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026

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