How to Use the turn of the century in a Sentence

the turn of the century

noun phrase
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  • But at the turn of the century, the emphasis turned to home runs.
    — Jason Parker, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • But at the turn of the century, the number of working kids soared.
    — Beth Saunders, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2023
  • The band The Postal Service was an indie-pop darling near the turn of the century.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 July 2024
  • Punks is a film from the turn of the century about a group of Black gay friends in Los Angeles.
    — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
  • By the turn of the century, Potter found herself over 30 and in need of something else to do.
    — Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The safety was the fastest defensive back since the turn of the century to reach 500 tackles.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
  • But, since the turn of the century, Gowanus has been changing, along with the rest of Brooklyn, if a bit slower.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
  • At the turn of the century, even having a power socket in your seat was a long shot.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
  • By the turn of the century, the campaign to eradicate it from polite speech was in full force.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And just before the turn of the century, a roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, was added.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
  • The things that are happening alongside that are, first of all, that the African countries got cleared of their debts around the turn of the century.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 Sep. 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
  • Villoria got his first job in the games industry at the turn of the century.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • At the turn of the century, after D.C. crime rates improved, the Metro and street patrols went dormant.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
  • Since 2000, days that hot have been rare, and before the turn of the century, they were never recorded, per the paper.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Around the turn of the century, the per diem for Tarrant County prisoners was 30 cents for three hot meals a day.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2024
  • The report found that there were four times as many millionaires today as there were at the turn of the century.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Since the turn of the century, study after study has detailed how the sight, sound, and even smell of bees has the power to repel elephants.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • Like many Black girls at the turn of the century (and today), Victoria loved Destiny’s Child.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The two programs have been among the best in the state consistently since the turn of the century, winning four state titles between the two.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Though nowhere near the pack racing days of the turn of the century, Sunday’s closing laps were a reminder – for better or worse – what that era was like.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
  • One of the other things is that the photographs from the turn of the century are often devoid of any modern context.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • After the turn of the century, Principal stepped away from screens and focused on her wellness projects.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • The attacks that were prevented at the turn of the century offer lessons today—as do the ones that weren’t prevented on 9/11.
    — Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
  • At the turn of the century, a group of rogue whiskey makers known as rectifiers were putting additives in spirits.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2024
  • At the turn of the century, queen conchs littered the ocean floor, ambling across flats and hard bottom, tidying up by grazing on algae.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • The band rose to prominence with a rap-metal hybrid that rubbed elbows with Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and Korn at the turn of the century.
    — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 14 June 2023
  • Since the turn of the century, the Oscars' best actress category is one that has made quite a bit of history.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
  • After years of upgrading cars like the Ford Mustang, the shop decided to finally build a car of its own around the turn of the century.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 June 2024
  • Several more acres were later added, and by the turn of the century, five cottages, all built as summer rentals, stood along a slender private lane that then (and today) extends all the way from Gin Lane to the beach.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024

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