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Not that what Woods did at the turn of the century wasn't at the highest level, but Bubba Watson has another champion in mind for the best season ever.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The internet and mobile technologies sparked further innovation in the financial services space at the turn of the century.
—William Tarr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
By the turn of the century, Southern states were using poll taxes, literacy tests and grandfather clauses to deny Black men the right to vote, which the Fifteenth Amendment had guaranteed them since 1870.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
By the turn of the century, mahjong had reached the royal palace in Beijing, where it was played by the Empress Dowager.
—Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The internet and mobile technologies sparked further innovation in the financial services space at the turn of the century.
—William Tarr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
By the turn of the century, Southern states were using poll taxes, literacy tests and grandfather clauses to deny Black men the right to vote, which the Fifteenth Amendment had guaranteed them since 1870.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
By the turn of the century, mahjong had reached the royal palace in Beijing, where it was played by the Empress Dowager.
—Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
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“The turn of the century.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20turn%20of%20the%20century. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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