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
By that math, Bezos would have more than two millennia before needing to turn out the lights.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
The forbidden readings came from Plato, the Athenian philosopher whose work is widely regarded as an important basis for Western thought over more than two millennia.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2026
The world’s earliest computer was not built in the 19th century by Charles Babbage but over two millennia ago during the Western Han dynasty, according to the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST).
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
The more philosophical among them point out that humans have been making simulacra of our bodies for millennia.
—James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Red-legged partridges have been a favorite game bird in Europe for millennia; its bones even show up in Paleolithic settlements.
—Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
In turn, over many millennia, people worldwide have extended and deepened herbs’ genetic potential and complexity.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2025
It has been taught in high school and college classrooms for two millennia as a masterclass of rhetoric, from which countless men in business, law, and politics have learned to emulate Cicero’s misogyny.
—Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Are star-hopping and sword making in the same category, just a few millennia apart?
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
The forbidden readings came from Plato, the Athenian philosopher whose work is widely regarded as an important basis for Western thought over more than two millennia.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2026
The world’s earliest computer was not built in the 19th century by Charles Babbage but over two millennia ago during the Western Han dynasty, according to the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST).
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
The more philosophical among them point out that humans have been making simulacra of our bodies for millennia.
—James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Red-legged partridges have been a favorite game bird in Europe for millennia; its bones even show up in Paleolithic settlements.
—Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
In turn, over many millennia, people worldwide have extended and deepened herbs’ genetic potential and complexity.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2025
It has been taught in high school and college classrooms for two millennia as a masterclass of rhetoric, from which countless men in business, law, and politics have learned to emulate Cicero’s misogyny.
—Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Are star-hopping and sword making in the same category, just a few millennia apart?
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for millennia
blooms
Noun
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The sunny faux forsythia arrangement brightens a front door or table with its beautiful blooms designed to withstand the elements.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Jan. 2026
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National assessments document toxins associated with algal blooms in many states, particularly where warm temperatures and nutrient pollution overlap.—
Dinesh Phuyal,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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