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millennium

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


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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

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

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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