millennium
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Meanwhile, modern Homo sapiens have existed for only 300,000 years, and what are the odds we make it even another millennium?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
As the new millennium approached, digital technology once again helped give the song renewed life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The version found in the National Museum appears to have been used for teaching and includes rulers from the late 3rd millennium BC.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
A millennium old and home to over 20 million people, Cairo is known for nights that come alive with traffic, noise and light.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
“Wait, didn’t the glaciers move like an inch in a millennium? Or something?”
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing millennium
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Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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