millennium
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At the dawn of the new millennium, music critics prophesied that five young men living in New York City would cast the false gods of nu metal, rap-rock and boy bands out of heavy rotation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
It nearly happened this millennium as Everton - last relegated in 1951 - stayed up by beating Bournemouth on the final day of the 2022-23 season.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In 1998 and into the new millennium, “Practical Magic” was not the zeitgeisty film it’s become today.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Barabak: It’s a long way — about a millennium, as you said — from here to November 2028.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Sumerians put these inventions together, added writing, and in the third millennium B. C. created the first great civilization.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Such an event would mark a profound change in a region that has maintained extensive seasonal ice cover for millennia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
We believe that Europe can awaken from its long slumber and rekindle the fire that was lit here millennia ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
If Piper had lived through three millennia, she would have gone loopy.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Cody, 41, is a millennial at the forefront of an art form harking back millenniums — at once building on tradition and joyously venturing beyond it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 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
For millenniums, all was still in the forest, until heavy waves stirred up by one of the hurricanes of 2004 scooped away the sand.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Or are you purchasing an item, wrapping, bag or bow that will be used once, then sent off to a landfill where it will sit, undisturbed, for the next several millenniums?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
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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