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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: centuries

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According to the lore established by the movie, the two are engaged in a conflict that stretches back centuries.

Source: https://screenrant.com/godzilla-monster-fights-monsterverse-toho/

A copy of the 16th-century sculpture 'Entombment of Christ' will be placed back in France's Biron chateau, where it sat for centuries.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-ny-met-french-3d-16th-century.html

A crucial lesson in our brutally acquisitive society, and one that the Thule culture – which shared all it had – knew many centuries ago.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/11/country-diary-i-rest-against-a-mighty-cairn-thats-visible-for-miles

Affirmative action was at best a modest form of recompense for centuries of exploitation and exclusion — far short of the reparations more than three in four Black Americans.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/opinion/supreme-court-affirmative-action.html

After becoming the first pope in six centuries to resign in 2013, Benedict promised to live 'hidden from the world', but broke that pledge to speak out on several explosive issues.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11626773/Years-tensions-Pope-Francis-predecessor-Benedict-revealed-explosive-memoir.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

After centuries of carpentry, renovation, woodcutting, restoration, alteration and arrangement again, you can imagine that not all alterations and renovations are meticulously recorded in the land registry.”

Source: https://www.baltimoregaylife.com/discover-the-real-ghost-cellar-in-action-in-the-center-of-utrecht/

After centuries of development, do you think she's still there?

Source: https://www.wral.com/story/buried-treasure-in-cary-the-ghostly-legend-of-the-abandoned-high-house/19933263/

After centuries of oftentimes bloody fights against deeply engrained white supremacist views, most Americans of goodwill today recognize that racial bias is wrong.

Source: https://slate.com/business/2023/07/class-bias-housing-nimby-yimby-atlantic-zoning.html?via=rss

After centuries of oppressive rule, the demon God Adyr has been defeated, but the tides are turning once again as Adyr’s resurrection looms on the horizon.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/upcoming-ps5-games/

After he left the Jedi Order, Tarre Vizsla returned to his homeworld of Mandalore with the goal of uniting all Mandalorians after centuries of internal conflicts.

Source: https://collider.com/tarre-vizsla-original-mandalorian-jedi-explained/

After his debut in 1978, the left-hander batter scored 27 centuries in 156 tests.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/sports/former-australia-captain-allan-border-diagnosed-with-parkinson%27s-disease

A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition.

Source: https://comicbook.com/irl/news/mad-mens-christina-hendricks-announces-engagement/

Alnwick Castle, a 150-room, heavily crenellated, many-towered magnificence perched on a rocky outcrop above the River Aln in Northumberland, is the second-largest privately inhabited castle after Windsor — and it bears the scars of centuries.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12279745/Poison-Garden-Alnwick-Castle-unveils-venomous-plant-world.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A long legacy in banking and asset management stretching back centuries and now home to one of Europe’s leading fintech hubs means the sector has a strong past and a vibrant future.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23693383.must-make-sure-banking-available/?ref=rss

Also known as Holy Island, is steeped in centuries of history.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/ultimate-places-visit-north-east-25741379

Ambling by the shops, we came to the old town and Side’s Temple of Apollo, a vaulting time machine that catapults you back through centuries.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/news/23490730.robin-mckelvie-turkeys-antalya-lives-legendary-billing/?ref=rss

A Mi'kmaw academic hopes his new Halifax university course on treaties between the British and Indigenous peoples in the region will help students understand their role and relevance in today's society, nearly three centuries after being signed.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaq-treaties-class-education-1.6953125?cmp=rss

Amla was a particular thorn in England's side over the years, scoring six centuries in 21 Tests including his country's first-ever triple hundred - at the Oval - in 2012.

Source: https://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/8053414/south-african-great-hashim-amla-to-retire/?src=rss

An ambitious canal project proposed by Turkey in 2018 pledged to uncover the canal and eventually link the ancient harbor city to the sea once again after a 6,130-meter length of the canal became covered with alluvial deposits over the centuries.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/20/ancient-greek-city-ephesus-unesco-world-heritage-site/

And food has always been a major part of Jewish holidays, going back centuries, through dark times and light, Rabbi Abram Goodstein said.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/12/14/anchorages-local-hanukkah-gatherings-shine-light-on-tradition-and-food/