of the century
Used to indicate the most remarkable example of its kind in recent history.
The break-in became the crime of the century, at least in the newspapers.
The "Thrilla in Manilla" was promoted as the fight of the century.
I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted. Alan Turing
Mussolini was the greatest political leader of the century. Gianfranco Fini
The greatest scandal of the century in American psychiatry ... is the growing mania among thousands of inept therapists, family counselors, and social workers for arousing false memories of childhoood sexual abuse. Martin Gardner
At the turn of the century theatre does not have to be prescriptive. Edward Bond
But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm. Karlheinz Stockhausen
The future is of our own making - and (for me) the most striking characteristic of the century is just that development, that maturing of our consciousness which should open our eyes to that truth. Joseph Conrad