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[mil-yuhn] / ˈmɪl jən /


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With the Brockman’s contribution, the fundraising goal of $10 million is met and the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust can complete the transaction by the July 31 deadline.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Deaths were more than double that at 1.6 million, while the fertility rate edged down 0.01 percentage points to 1.14 although marriages inched higher, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry numbers showed.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Prof Evans said it fell from 14-16 million juveniles a year, to a little more than 200,000.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

An estimated 7.4 million people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

“King of the Skies. Father of Tano and Nansi … and maybe some other kids I don’t quite remember. My grandmother told me a million stories about you.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

His book Attached, co-written with Rachel Heller, was first published in 2010 and has since sold millions of copies around the world.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

It went from producing around 5,000 drones a year in 2022 to millions a year in 2026, according to data from Ukraine’s government.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

For years, marketers sought out social-media charismatics who boasted hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers, and worked with them directly to develop perfectly polished content to promote their brands.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Once a fatal and terrifying diagnosis, scientific breakthroughs and massive funding efforts have transformed HIV into a manageable disease for millions of people.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

By early June the subprime mortgage bond market had resumed what would become an uninterrupted decline, and the FrontPoint positions began to move—first by thousands and then by millions of dollars a day.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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