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[mil-yuhn] / ˈmɪl jən /


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Last year, the Greater Odesa ports accounted for more than 73 million tonnes of Ukraine's maritime exports, with grain accounting for 38 million tonnes.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The company raised a total of $350 million in two financing rounds in June and July, pushing its worth past $1 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

As a result, scientists have had only limited evidence from this crucial period, which lasted roughly 40 million years.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Kpler data showed that the Caroline Bezengi, which is believed to be the ship leaking off Oman, loaded one million barrels of crude oil at the Russian Black Sea terminal of Sheskharis on May 11.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

During this period, plastic increasingly filled landfills and oceans while its production—up to 8 million tons annually by 2020—contributed to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The fear of becoming surplus to requirements because of advancements in AI is one shared by millions of workers, but are AI recruitment tools posing a specific threat to women trying to return to employment?

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Overall, he estimated Freestyle will make more than 55 times its investment, in part because Airtable was valued only in the single-digit millions in the early rounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

On social media, #Ozempic generated hundreds of millions of views as influencers and everyday users posted about their physical transformations.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The display allows visitors to see an animal that once dominated the same broader region millions of years before modern Georgia existed.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Stalin’s army had driven Hitler from Eastern Europe at the cost of millions of Soviet soldiers.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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