as in renaissance
a period of happiness and prosperity
It is hoped that the new tax plan will bring about a thriving millennium.
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With an eye-popping 2,000-dot-per-inch (dpi) tracking resolution, on-the-fly sensitivity controls, mechanical ball tracking, and a very distinct silhouette, the Boomslang slithered to the forefront of turn-of-the-millennium gaming gear.
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
For more than two millennia, mathematicians have produced a growing heap of pi equations in their ongoing search for methods to calculate pi faster and faster.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Returning to the core of his talk, Yanxiao likened the Xiongnu’s impact on the West to that of the Mongols, who, a millennium later, would alter the cultural topology of Eurasia.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
In the new millennium, Jones continued driving, at one point for Uber, and now for HopSkipDrive, transporting kids to school.
—Greg Poole, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
For more than two millennia, mathematicians have produced a growing heap of pi equations in their ongoing search for methods to calculate pi faster and faster.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Returning to the core of his talk, Yanxiao likened the Xiongnu’s impact on the West to that of the Mongols, who, a millennium later, would alter the cultural topology of Eurasia.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
In the new millennium, Jones continued driving, at one point for Uber, and now for HopSkipDrive, transporting kids to school.
—Greg Poole, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for millennium
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Saunders was one of the earliest and most talented leaders of the mixology renaissance and in 2000 was working at a place called Beacon and had begun to see gin as something of a cause.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
21 Mar. 2026
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For the time being, though, those of us eager for an SMG renaissance will just have to keep waiting.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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But romance is having its heyday.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millennium. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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