half century

/ˈhæfˌsɛntʃəri/
noun
  1. A period of fifty years.
    • The company celebrated a half-century of innovation last year.
    • She has lived through more than a half-century of change in her hometown.
    • The treaty marked a half-century of peace between the two nations.
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