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millennium

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


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Indigenous peoples in South America had been popping corn for millennia, but it didn’t reach the U.S. until the 19th century, when whalers returned from South America with the whole grain in tow.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the wound had time to heal—a diagnosis Mr. Benoit makes 250 million years after the fact, give or take a few thousand millennia.

From The Wall Street Journal

These accounts describe a world where traveling through Samaria was a part of daily life, proving that a millennium after the kings of Israel, the world still used these names.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fried dough has scratched guilty pleasure for millennia.

From Salon

“Cremation and burial have been the only two options for millennia,” Pedersen said.

From The Wall Street Journal