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- noun A
period of twenty-fiveyears .
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- noun a period of 25 years
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Examples
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Eden Park to break a quarter-century hoodoo, Eales said: I don't like to pre-empt these things, the theme of what he would talk about would be around the fact they would respect that history, but they can't be shackled by it.
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A quarter-century later, images of the exploding space shuttle still signify all that can go wrong with technology and the sharpest minds.
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The welfare of middle-class children has also been declining over the past quarter-century in more areas than income and basic needs, according to the FCD study.
Middle Class Children Increasingly Relying On Public Programs, Report Finds Laura Bassett 2011
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The welfare of middle-class children has also been declining over the past quarter-century in more areas than income and basic needs, according to the FCD study.
Middle Class Children Increasingly Relying On Public Programs, Report Finds Laura Bassett 2011
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For the past quarter-century, the cost of higher education has grown 440%, according to the National Center for Public Policy and Education, nearly four times the rate of inflation and double the rate of health care cost increases.
Universities On The Brink Louis E. Lataif 2011
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Indeed, no matter how often I've attended the ballet during the past quarter-century, the only thing that seems to be playing is "Swan Lake."
Sage of the Stage Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Justice O'Connor, who served a quarter-century in the Supreme Court, received a standing ovation when she spoke to the participants.
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A quarter-century later, images of the exploding...
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The National has been the subject of several safety-inspired revisions over the past quarter-century and, though some traditionalists have fumed, that policy can hardly have ruined it since Aintree sold out on Saturday for the first time in decades, while 8.8m watched from their living rooms.
Grand National deaths press the case for horse age-limits 2011
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A quarter-century later, however, that promise seems no more enduring than the smoke from Challenger that hovered over the Florida coast that chilly morning in January 1986.
25 years later: How the Challenger disaster brought NASA down to earth 2011
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