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  • Hundred Days
    Hundred Days
    noun
    the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
  • hundred days
    hundred days
    plural noun
    French history the period between Napoleon Bonaparte's arrival in Paris from Elba on March 20, 1815, and his abdication on June 29, 1815

Hundred Days

American  

noun

(usually used with a plural verb)
  1. the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.

  2. a special session of Congress from March 9, 1933 to June 16, 1933, called by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which important social legislation was enacted.


hundred days British  

plural noun

  1. French history the period between Napoleon Bonaparte's arrival in Paris from Elba on March 20, 1815, and his abdication on June 29, 1815

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Henry Ford was so outraged over Franklin Roosevelt’s Hundred Days of initial policies to address the Great Depression that he huffed FDR’s “particular genius is to try to run other people’s businesses.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 8, 2022

It may be that Lyndon B. Johnson’s first year after his election in 1964 is a better model than Franklin D. Roosevelt’s legendary First Hundred Days.

From Washington Post Jan. 22, 2021

It will be a blessing to any teacher needing a boost midway through hour three of the One Hundred Days celebration.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2019

Hundred Days Husband-and-wife writer-performers Abigail and Shaun Bengson celebrate living life to the fullest in this intimate musical memoir.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2018

Later, on my return to Paris, I re-entered political life and took part in the events of the Eighteenth Brumaire, the Hundred Days, and the Revolution of 1830.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne

One hundred days into Josh D’Amaro’s tenure as Disney’s DIS 0.75%increase; up pointing triangle chief executive officer, the walls of his office are still bare.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

"Every year since, I've spent a hundred days in Europe making mistakes, taking careful notes," he says.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2025

The tournament is due to begin in one hundred days, on 19 February.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2024

What specifically would you do in your first hundred days in office to end the war?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2024

Her silence stretched across the morning and led me back through the past hundred days, and I knew what she was going to say before she finally said it.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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