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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Magaletti ventures a tentative introduction of brushes on snares; following the muted peal of distant thunder, upsammy chimes in with a plangent synthesizer sequence reminiscent of Arovane and other IDM producers from around the turn of the millennium.
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
By Andrea Navarro, Bloomberg The first few years of the millennium were a dream for Mexican air travelers on a budget.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Magnus Carlsen was, quite simply, the greatest player in the millennium-and-a-half history of chess.
—Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
The Large Electron-Positron Collider at CERN gave it a good-faith effort, but after 11 years of running and only a few tantalizing, and ultimately false, signals, the decision was made to halt operations at the start of the millennium.
—Mariangela Lisanti, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
By Andrea Navarro, Bloomberg The first few years of the millennium were a dream for Mexican air travelers on a budget.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Magnus Carlsen was, quite simply, the greatest player in the millennium-and-a-half history of chess.
—Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
The Large Electron-Positron Collider at CERN gave it a good-faith effort, but after 11 years of running and only a few tantalizing, and ultimately false, signals, the decision was made to halt operations at the start of the millennium.
—Mariangela Lisanti, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
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“The millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20millennium. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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