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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Santa Monica was a town in flux when Miller was in high school at the turn of the millennium: a Berkeley meets Beverly Hills where haughty affluence was rapidly eclipsing the Birkenstocks and counterculture bumper stickers.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
It's been their greatest three-year run since the turn of the millennium.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Their antecedents are ancient (Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Mesoamerican pictograms), though the journey from their modern birthplace (Japan circa the turn of the millennium) to their current ubiquity has been quick.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
Millennium bug notwithstanding, the turn of the millennium was a great time to be a techno-utopian.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
It's been their greatest three-year run since the turn of the millennium.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Their antecedents are ancient (Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Mesoamerican pictograms), though the journey from their modern birthplace (Japan circa the turn of the millennium) to their current ubiquity has been quick.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
Millennium bug notwithstanding, the turn of the millennium was a great time to be a techno-utopian.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 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 6 Aug. 2025.
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