Century in example sentence

They have been bouncing around from century to century since 1492, when in the first grammar guide of the Spanish language, Antonio de Nebrija, set a clear and simple principle for our spelling: "... thus, we have to write words as we pronounce them, and pronounce words as we write them."

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It dates back at least 200 years, to Galvani's famous experiments in the late 18th century and beyond.

So around the turn of the last century, I started to think, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if one could take this logic and turn it upside down?"

2010: Statistics about Native population today, more than a century after the massacre at Wounded Knee, reveal the legacy of colonization, forced migration and treaty violations.

By the middle of the 19th century, it's in full flower.

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