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 dawn of the millennium, the three girls meet a neighbor who develops a lifelong fascination with their stories.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The next few years bore out whose vision of the coming century rung truest: Lolla struggled to stay on the pulse of the late ’90s, taking a long hiatus as Ozzfest became one of the must-see summer metal tours of the turn of the millennium.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
For the turn of the millennium, Smith helmed ABC 2000, the network’s ambitious 24-hour New Year’s Eve broadcast that ushered in a new century.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 July 2025
In fact, the only ballpark on this list that was still standing at the turn of the millennium was that little emerald cathedral in Boston.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The next few years bore out whose vision of the coming century rung truest: Lolla struggled to stay on the pulse of the late ’90s, taking a long hiatus as Ozzfest became one of the must-see summer metal tours of the turn of the millennium.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
For the turn of the millennium, Smith helmed ABC 2000, the network’s ambitious 24-hour New Year’s Eve broadcast that ushered in a new century.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 July 2025
In fact, the only ballpark on this list that was still standing at the turn of the millennium was that little emerald cathedral in Boston.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 20 July 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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