of the century in English

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          "text": "The \"Thrilla in Manilla\" was promoted as the fight of the century.",
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        {
          "word": "of all time"
        },
        {
          "word": "of a lifetime"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "most remarkable",
          "word": "van de eeuw"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "most remarkable",
          "word": "vuosisadan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "most remarkable",
          "word": "du siècle"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "most remarkable",
          "word": "des Jahrhunderts"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "most remarkable",
          "word": "stulecia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "of the century"
}

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      "word": "of all time"
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      "word": "of a lifetime"
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        {
          "text": "The \"Thrilla in Manilla\" was promoted as the fight of the century.",
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      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "most remarkable",
      "word": "van de eeuw"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "most remarkable",
      "word": "vuosisadan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "most remarkable",
      "word": "du siècle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "most remarkable",
      "word": "des Jahrhunderts"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "most remarkable",
      "word": "stulecia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "of the century"
}

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"of the century" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase