variants
or millenniums
as in renaissances
a period of happiness and prosperity
It is hoped that the new tax plan will bring about a thriving millennium.
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Recent Examples of millennia
The tale has been continuously retold, translated and adapted into various formats over nearly three millennia.
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Angela Yang,
NBC news,
23 June 2026
Yoga has taken a profound diversity of forms in India and the world over the past two millennia.
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Jeremy David Engels,
The Conversation,
23 June 2026
Many of these objects survived because they were frozen in ice for centuries, and in some cases millennia.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
This is an agiary, a Zoroastrian place of worship for India’s Parsi community, where priests in white robes stoke a sacred flame around the clock and recite ancient Avestan prayers that have survived three millennia.
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Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Even after five millennia, scientists say, his body continues to reveal new secrets.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
More than two millennia later, another invading army is again visible from its shore.
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Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
In America, the past 80 years have been the most favorable environment for Jewish flourishing in two millennia.
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Michael W. Sonnenfeldt,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
The last five millennia have typically seen a great diversity of co-existing political forms—sometimes overlapping and symbiotic, sometimes divided and incommensurable.
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Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
23 June 2026
Yoga has taken a profound diversity of forms in India and the world over the past two millennia.
—
Jeremy David Engels,
The Conversation,
23 June 2026
Many of these objects survived because they were frozen in ice for centuries, and in some cases millennia.
—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
This is an agiary, a Zoroastrian place of worship for India’s Parsi community, where priests in white robes stoke a sacred flame around the clock and recite ancient Avestan prayers that have survived three millennia.
—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Even after five millennia, scientists say, his body continues to reveal new secrets.
—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
More than two millennia later, another invading army is again visible from its shore.
—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
In America, the past 80 years have been the most favorable environment for Jewish flourishing in two millennia.
—
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
The last five millennia have typically seen a great diversity of co-existing political forms—sometimes overlapping and symbiotic, sometimes divided and incommensurable.
—
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for millennia
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The pair experienced career renaissances with the success of their sitcom Schitt's Creek, which ran from 2015 to 2020.
Noun
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Bee Balm Bee balm, also known as monarda, offers more benefits than its colorful summertime blooms, which attract beneficial pollinators.
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The agency is also monitoring for cyanobacteria, formerly known as blue-green algae, which can form harmful algal blooms that pose risks to people and animals.
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