[Ads-l] WOTY for 2026

[Ben Zimmer]

Other possibilities are "sestercentennial," "bicenquinquagenary," and
"quarter-millennial."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary


On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 1:39 PM Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

> Huh.  Unaware of the legislation, I was expecting sesquibicentennial.
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> Semiquincentennial https://www.battlefields.org/america-250<
> https://www.battlefields.org/america-250> Ten years before America’s
> 250th anniversary in 2026, Congress unanimously passed the United States
> Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016, signed as Public Law 114-196 on
> July 22, 2016.
> https://www.dar.org/national-society/america-250/united-states-semiquincentennial-commission
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4875/text/pl?overview=closed

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