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Example sentences for: quarter-century

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A quarter-century later--while expressing regret for the injuries suffered by the marchers--he insisted that troopers had 'saved their lives by stopping that march.
Slavery had been abolished in Bermuda more than a quarter-century before the outbreak of the American Civil War, yet islanders’ sympathies lay with the South.
Thanks to evangelism's surge during the past quarter-century, America is in a golden age for Christian sex manuals.
Despite all the hype about the end of loyalty, most of the studies conducted by labor economists show that the length of time that people spend with an organization and the number of changes they make during their careers has not varied dramatically over the last quarter-century.
Also, TNR publishes an appreciation of teachers' union chief Albert Shanker, whose advertorials appeared in the magazine for a quarter-century.