Examples of the turn of the century in a Sentence
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Several European banks have moved to cut interest rates ahead of the Fed, breaking a streak of the U.S.’s first-mover status that had stood since the turn of the century.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 May 2024
This is precisely what has happened in state legislatures that instituted term limits around the turn of the century.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 15 May 2024
Patch said a lot has changed over the years, especially since the turn of the century, when a real estate boom altered the coastline and an increase in methamphetamine trafficking brought with it the scourges that accompany drug addiction.
—San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 14 May 2024
An ace atop the rotation was Baltimore’s biggest need — a luxury the club hasn’t enjoyed since Mike Mussina at the turn of the century.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
By the turn of the century, the town had grown prosperous enough that Main Street included a bank, grocery store, shoe store, hardware store and pharmacy.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
Just before the turn of the century, a roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, was added, and then a second, along with a hotel and other attractions — and gradually, through financial ups and downs — the park added more and more thrilling rides, including several that set world records.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
Since the turn of the century, Southern California air regulators have drastically diminished the dense clouds of lung-searing pollution that once hung over the region.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
The amount of land set aside for cargo storage has almost doubled in size since the turn of the century.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 May 2024
This is precisely what has happened in state legislatures that instituted term limits around the turn of the century.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 15 May 2024
Patch said a lot has changed over the years, especially since the turn of the century, when a real estate boom altered the coastline and an increase in methamphetamine trafficking brought with it the scourges that accompany drug addiction.
—San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 14 May 2024
An ace atop the rotation was Baltimore’s biggest need — a luxury the club hasn’t enjoyed since Mike Mussina at the turn of the century.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
By the turn of the century, the town had grown prosperous enough that Main Street included a bank, grocery store, shoe store, hardware store and pharmacy.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
Just before the turn of the century, a roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, was added, and then a second, along with a hotel and other attractions — and gradually, through financial ups and downs — the park added more and more thrilling rides, including several that set world records.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
Since the turn of the century, Southern California air regulators have drastically diminished the dense clouds of lung-searing pollution that once hung over the region.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
The amount of land set aside for cargo storage has almost doubled in size since the turn of the century.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
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