sesquicentennial
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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a period or cycle of 150 years
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a 150th anniversary or its celebration
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sesquicentennial
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; sesqui- + centennial
Example Sentences
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But we were there for the 150th birthday, the sesquicentennial, in 1926.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
It’s the sesquicentennial of Western Australia, and everyone on Tony and Judy’s cul de sac is excited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024
You know the rest: Days before the show’s planned opening, the coronavirus pandemic forced this museum and every other in New York to shut down, and turned the Met’s sesquicentennial into an annus horribilis.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
By 2009, at the sesquicentennial, the country had seemingly changed, with Barack Obama its first African American president.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2019
In the fall of that year minor repairs were made to the locomotive so that it might be used in the sesquicentennial celebration at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by White, John H.
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