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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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"Around the millennium, everyone was just told no – you don't take part in any sport, not even recreational," says Dr. Lahti.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

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

And again, that hope that they were this modern couple, one that we’ve never seen before, and what will they become in this new millennium?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 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

A superb Chinese tradition of bronze metallurgy had its origins in the third millennium B.C. and eventually resulted in China’s developing by far the earliest cast-iron production in the world, around 500 B.C.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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