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IPA transcription: ['sɛntʃɚi]

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Noun

Usage examples

  • In the eighteenth century Scotland reaped the intellectual benefits of this system.
  • China's population growth has slowed since the beginning of this century.
  • The movement was a reaction to religious progressivism earlier in the century.
  • Baratynsky's style is classical and dwells on the models of the previous century.
  • Vimmerby had its charter as early as the fourteenth century.
  • During the nineteenth century, Saratoga County was an important industrial center.
  • Loudoun also contained two villages abandoned during the last century, "Alton" and "Loudoun Village".
  • Successive Tuareg "Tel"s have controlled the area since at least the twelfth century.
  • Hillsboro schools serving Aloha include Century High School, R. A.
  • Gore was founded in the nineteenth century, growing up around "Ras" Tessema Nadew's palace.