Of-the-century Definition

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Used to indicate the most remarkable example of its kind.
The break-in became the crime of the century, at least in the newspapers.
The "Thrilla in Manilla" was promoted as the fight of the century.
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  • Mary, on the other hand, was vocal about her opinion of Cade, even to the point of stating that he would be the greatest catch of the century - no doubt, even an exaggeration in Mary's mind.

  • Before that, a company out of Denver started the dig, back around the turn of the century.

  • There were lots of rooming houses but we have no idea how Bird Song was utilized at the turn of the century.

  • In the latter half of the century large colonies of Tosks were planted in the Morea by the despots of Mistra, and in Attica and Boeotia by Duke Nerio of Athens.

  • The development of the pastoral industry of Argentina from that time to the end of the century was remarkable.

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