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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For much of its existence, it was surrounded by concrete barriers before a redesign around the turn of the millennium.
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Michael Wayland, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
But since the turn of the millennium, partly due to policies by its late former President Hugo Chávez, the country’s economy flagged—eventually crashing in the mid-2010s amid hyperinflation, political corruption, and poor governance.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
Critics rip Blue Bag program The Blue Bag program plugged along through the rest of the 1990s and beyond the turn of the millennium.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
According to a National Library of Medicine study, reading has been slowly falling out of fashion since the dawn of the millennium.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
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Michael Wayland, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
But since the turn of the millennium, partly due to policies by its late former President Hugo Chávez, the country’s economy flagged—eventually crashing in the mid-2010s amid hyperinflation, political corruption, and poor governance.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
Critics rip Blue Bag program The Blue Bag program plugged along through the rest of the 1990s and beyond the turn of the millennium.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
According to a National Library of Medicine study, reading has been slowly falling out of fashion since the dawn of the millennium.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
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“The millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20millennium. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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