the millennium
noun
: the beginning of the third period of a thousand years counted from the beginning of the Christian era : the year 2000
We had a party to celebrate the millennium.
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The path passes the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on its left, part of the massive reconstruction of the entire area undertaken, at the millennium, for the London Olympics of 2012.
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Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
The movie will reportedly take place in Southern California around the turn of the millennium, which sets the action in the early 2000s.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Call it the curse of the Peruvian presidency: Since the turn of the millennium, no fewer than seven presidents have been brought to trial or faced legal challenges relating to allegations of corruption or human rights abuses.
—Ángela Reyes Haczek, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
But since the turn of the millennium, cross-border skirmishes in Kashmir have largely been contained, in part due to external pressure from the United States and others who fear the economic and regional consequences of a conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
—Matt Williams, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
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Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
The movie will reportedly take place in Southern California around the turn of the millennium, which sets the action in the early 2000s.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Call it the curse of the Peruvian presidency: Since the turn of the millennium, no fewer than seven presidents have been brought to trial or faced legal challenges relating to allegations of corruption or human rights abuses.
—Ángela Reyes Haczek, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
But since the turn of the millennium, cross-border skirmishes in Kashmir have largely been contained, in part due to external pressure from the United States and others who fear the economic and regional consequences of a conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
—Matt Williams, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the millennium
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“The millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20millennium. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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