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How to pronounce bicentenary
“bicentenary” pronunciation in British English
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“bicentenary” in real sentences
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extending congratulations to The Scotsman newspaper, which is celebrating its bicentenary today?
UK Parliament
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Peter Thiel to give the inaugural address of the Oxford Union's bicentenary year.
Oxford Union
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is of course grimly ironic the 2020 nightingales bicentenary year designated by the World Health Organization
British Library
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Aberdeen welcomed the tall ships races for a second time in 1997, coinciding with the bicentenary
The Scottish Parliament
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