millennium
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At 2.6 points, his 2018 reelection margin marked Texas’ closest statewide race this millennium.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
The mere millionaires saw their wealth grow at an annual rate of 4% adjusted for inflation since the start of the millennium, UBS said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Their findings indicate that tectonic stress in the region has reached, and in some locations surpassed, levels seen at any point during the past millennium.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
How did the plague stick around for nearly half a millennium after the initial wave, causing repeated outbreaks?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Tinibossol estimates a population of not over 100 million on the Three Continents, and considers it to have been stable for at least a millennium.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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But religious traditions have spent millennia on exactly those concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
This provides "very little evidence that the yeasts have been multiplying over millennia," he said, adding that he believed they were "relatively recent colonists of the mummy's body".
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Although Cave 338 was not used as a permanent settlement, the repeated returns over millennia suggest that the location held significant value for prehistoric groups.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
Reid said if several centimetres are lost to fire, then "you're losing decades, centuries, potentially millennia of peatland".
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Unfortunately, the nanoseconds used up in a simple computer operation do add up to lengthy bottlenecks on intractable problems, many of which would require millennia to solve in general.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
Many of these seemingly otherworldly volcanic fields are adorned with archaeological remains — from small dwellings to colossal animal-corralling structures called kites — that date back millenniums.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
It would guide scientists in their understanding of our still-unfolding present for generations, perhaps even millenniums, to come.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
Purple was labor-intensive, but so widely produced that piles of shells discarded millenniums ago are now geographical features in the region.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Collectively, memorable events have caused the ever-quickening pace of change during the past five millenniums, which begin with what we call the ancient world.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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