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.
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hundred daysplural nounFrench 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
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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.
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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
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plural noun
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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
Montholon found a possible successor to the grand marshal in the person of Planat, an officer of the Hundred Days.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
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
In his first 65 days in office, Vladeck reported in a recent post, Trump issued 100 executive orders, besting the record set by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first hundred days, when he issued 99.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
Near the south pole, however, where some areas are lit most of the time, the solar panels on the sides of VIPER’s body will allow the rover to operate for more than a hundred days.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023
Then I lied absurdly, saying during their first hundred days presidents have to write a biography of some former president, and ChatGPT called me out on it.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023
That should turn my three hundred days of food into four hundred.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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