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millennium

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


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A root used for more than a millennium may not replace today's treatments yet, but it could help guide the next generation of hair regrowth therapies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

A “world state,” which some saw as inevitable around the turn of the millennium, is now an ever more remote possibility.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

In recent weeks, it has nearly disappeared and is hovering among its lowest levels since the start of the new millennium.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Wages had roughly kept up with house prices until they were introduced around the start of the millennium.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

In a millennium or less, a comparatively short time, they invented their own writing, astronomy, and mathematics, including the zero.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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