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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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The idea was first proposed as a millennium project by local resident David Thomas, a retired teacher and amateur astronomer who wanted to create something that would inspire learning.

From BBC • 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

Trees are plentiful here, but they might not live a millennium.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

The incredible thing is that, for the first few hundred years of the first millennium ad, before a universal notation system emerged, all of the chant that monks and nuns sang was memorised.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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