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.

Examples of the millennium in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The good news: Median productivity growth has increased sixfold since the turn of the millennium, Ellingrud said. —Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 June 2024

By the end of the millennium, quantum cryptography researchers thought that was the end of the story. —Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024

Around the turn of the millennium, however, things started to improve. —Ian H. Solomon, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016

By the turn of the millennium, there was chatter that the family leaders were butting heads with CEO John Whitacre and CFO Michael Stein, leading the two executives to retire in September 2000. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 May 2024

At the turn of the millennium, Kuwaiti officials at the U.N. averaged nearly 250 New York City parking violations each, over a five-year period, but relations with the Gulf nation are still cordial. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 22 May 2024

Around the turn of the millennium, transatlantic hits became more scarce, and no British artist topped the Hot 100 from 1999 to 2005. —Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 May 2024

And then, at the turn of the millennium, Barco looked to the big screen. —Ben Croll, Variety, 15 May 2024

It’s poised to be one of the busiest Memorial Day travel periods in Wisconsin since the turn of the millennium this year. —David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2024