century
noun
a period of 100 years.
centuries
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pluralof century.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That's not always clear in pictures of African Americans that were taken in the early days of photography nearly two centuries ago.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The researchers also used climate simulations to investigate the decades and centuries immediately following the Chicxulub asteroid impact, which triggered the extinction of most dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Two centuries later, when another Dutch New Yorker, Martin Van Buren, sat in the White House, a Van Rensselaer still owned a sizable chunk of land near the Hudson River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"Some of these veteran trees were more than 100 or 200 years old and, where losses occur, it could take centuries for trees of a similar stature to return to the landscape."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
In 1917 the Russian Revolution had put an end to an empire that was centuries old and, after years of civil war, replaced it with a new system of government called communism.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
