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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Pairing their Tiny Desk set with four new songs, the album was accompanied by a short film that turned them into grotesque cartoons of themselves, alternating between looksmaxxing and airbrushed, doll-like looks reminiscent of the Backstreet Boys’ turn-of-the-millennium aesthetic.
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Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
That first hectare sits along the SP68, the oldest wine road ever recorded, connecting Gela to Kamarina three millennia ago.
—Jenn Rice, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026
These thermal baths in Palm Springs, stewarded by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians for more than five millennia and long considered a portal to the spiritual underworld and a place of healing, welcomed my paralyzed body.
—Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
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.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
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Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
That first hectare sits along the SP68, the oldest wine road ever recorded, connecting Gela to Kamarina three millennia ago.
—Jenn Rice, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026
These thermal baths in Palm Springs, stewarded by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians for more than five millennia and long considered a portal to the spiritual underworld and a place of healing, welcomed my paralyzed body.
—Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
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.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
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Within 40 years, as larger, more expansive malls opened throughout the region, the Lauderhill Mall became something that was constantly looked at as a location ripe for reinvestment and renaissance.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2026
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Now, top-tier seating is being reimagined, and the category is enjoying a genuine renaissance.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Raceway, which operated from the mid-1950s through the 1970s, featured a quarter-mile track at the Wally Smith farm, a mile-and-a-half west of town on Route 34 that was drawing three times the village’s total population for races during its heyday, local historians have said.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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During the heyday of OpenBiome, some insurers covered the procedure.—
Eric Boodman,
STAT,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millennium. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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