quarter-century
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- noun
- /ˈkwɔrtər ˈsɛnʧəri/
:
cuarto de siglo
- There are so many surprises awaiting us, even in the next quarter century.
- the last quarter-century
- the past quarter-century
- quarter-century ago
I think this is I think we're sort of seeing the early stages of how many what I would call content industries have played out for the last quarter century.
- I think this is I think we're sort of seeing the early stages of how many what I would call content industries have played out for the last quarter century.
Examples
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Scholarly interest in Mary Musgrove has only accelerated in the last quarter-century.
Academic text (2015) -
He's one of the most influential individuals of the last quarter century.
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You know, that sounds like the US foreign policy for the past quarter century.
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I was probably looking at my own face, a quarter century down the line.
Fiction book (1997) -
The cut would stay at that level for the next quarter century.
Academic text (1993) -
You have to go back a quarter century to find that kind of dominance.
Blog text (5) -
How could two people live together for a quarter-century and still know so little about each other?
Fiction book (2002) -
For more than a quarter century, BNR's approach has worked extremely well.
Academic text (1995) -
For the first time in a quarter century, the Sri Lankan government controlled the entire island.
Academic text (2011) -
The environmental changes over the last quarter-century have been profound.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word quarter-century comes from the two parts quarter ('one fourth') and century ('a hundred years'). So a quarter-century is literally a 'quarter' of a 'century', which is twenty-five years.