millennia

variants or millenniums
plural of millennium
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 India-meets-NYC brand borrows from Burmese women’s sacred and millennia-old beauty regimens, promising numerous skin benefits like brightening, smoothing, and deep-cleaning. Abby Dupes, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025 In 2018, university researchers published a study revealing cattle were used to haul goods in Europe as early as 6,000 BC — two millennia earlier than once thought. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025 As today’s world faces rising sea levels driven by climate change, the researchers hope to shed light on how Stone Age societies adapted to shifting coastlines more than eight millennia ago. Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025 The backstory behind this long-aborning project turns out to be more interesting than what’s onscreen, with the screenplay by Tasha Huo leaning heavily into genre tropes while providing the sort of dialogue that would have seemed silly even millenniums ago. Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
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blooms
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  • Always cut off diseased fruits, veggies, and even flower blooms before winter and make sure to clean these clippings off the ground, too.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This means the seasonal blooms of insects like caterpillars – which offspring rely on at nesting colonies – have been and gone by the time the birds arrive.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Millennia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millennia. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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