"quarter-century" meaning in English

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          "text": "I spent my second quarter-century\nLosing what I had learnt at university\nAnd refusing to take in what had happened since […]",
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          "sense": "period of twenty-five years",
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          "word": "çerekshekull"
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          "sense": "period of twenty-five years",
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          "word": "kvaronjarcento"
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          "sense": "period of twenty-five years",
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          "sense": "period of twenty-five years",
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          "word": "Vierteljahrhundtert"
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          "sense": "period of twenty-five years",
          "word": "四半世紀"
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