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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At the turn of the millennium, the business world braced for disaster.
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Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Data from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) points to a clear decline in grid reliability, leaving many consumers with a system less dependable than the one their parents knew at the start of the millennium.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
However, by the turn of the millennium, Whitlock returned to recording, often accompanied by his wife, fellow musician CoCo Carmel.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
Detractors shrug it off as gimmickry because, at the turn of the millennium, it was associated with pop music.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 2025
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Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Data from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) points to a clear decline in grid reliability, leaving many consumers with a system less dependable than the one their parents knew at the start of the millennium.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
However, by the turn of the millennium, Whitlock returned to recording, often accompanied by his wife, fellow musician CoCo Carmel.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
Detractors shrug it off as gimmickry because, at the turn of the millennium, it was associated with pop music.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 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 29 Aug. 2025.
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