Example sentences for: bicentennial

How can you use “bicentennial” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • At the entry for bi -, the definition of bicentennial as `every two hundred years' omits mention of its more commonly encountered use as a noun (along with bi-centenary ) meaning `two-hundredth anniversary.”

  • Built with remarkable speed (Danish architect Johann-Otto von Sprekelsen won the contest in 1983 and it was ready for the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989), the Grande Arche stands on an axis with the Arc de Triomphe and the Cour Carrée of the Louvre.

  • The first edition of The Complete Plain Words , an edited amalgan of Plain Words (1948) and The ABC of Plain Words (1951), appeared in 1954; an edition revised by Sir Bruce Fraser was published in 1973; the present work, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (stolidly called “Her Britannic Majesty's Stationary [ sic ] Office” on the copyright page) in 1986 to celebrate its bicentennial, is a revision of Fraser's edition.

  • The L.A. segment of the Pacific Coast Bicentennial Bike Route, which runs for 1,000 miles (1,610 km) from Oregon to Mexico, is a particularly popular trail.

  • The current issue marks the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights and the French Revolution.


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