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millennium

[mi-len-ee-uhm] / mɪˈlɛn i əm /
NOUN
1000 years
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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But 2028 is a long way away, about a millennium in political time.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

The vast Theban necropolis, comprising an area of around 10km², was Egypt’s main royal and elite cemetery for half a millennium, from ca.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

GUILIN, China—More than a millennium ago, the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu said of Guilin’s landscape, “The river forms a blue-green silk ribbon, the mountains are like jade hairpins.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

For a few years around the turn of the millennium, Ronald McDonald had an unusually sophisticated side hustle.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

I just want to burrow under the covers on my bed and stay there until the new millennium.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Chinook salmon have been laying eggs in gravelly nests in the Sacramento River for millennia.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

This fossilised hunk of whale bone has lain hidden in the earth on Portmuck Beach for possibly millennia.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Park explains: "Breathing techniques have accompanied humanity for millennia across various religions and cultures. With this study, we provide scientific proof that it is a reliable and targeted method capable of controlling our decisions."

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

“I’m saying what Aristotle explained to us millennia ago in his ‘Nicomachean Ethics’: everything in moderation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

They thereby completely changed the ecology of large parts of Australia within a few short millennia.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

Three millenniums ago, a small, prosperous farming community briefly flourished in the freshwater marshes of eastern England.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 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

After a religious revolt against robots millenniums before the start of the series, the use of intelligent machines was banned.

From New York Times Feb. 29, 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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