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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But as the congregation has dwindled during the new millennium, the building has begun to deteriorate.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
There is contemporary modern work as well as traditional crafts from a millennium ago.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition (March 25) takes a wary view of its own contents, which span half a millennium, arguing that the West acted out its daydreams of a docile Orient one cup-and-saucer at a time.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
The bones of the skull and spine likely acted as protective barriers, shielding parts of the brain from total thermal destruction and allowing fragments of the vitrified tissue to remain intact for nearly two millennia.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2025
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
There is contemporary modern work as well as traditional crafts from a millennium ago.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition (March 25) takes a wary view of its own contents, which span half a millennium, arguing that the West acted out its daydreams of a docile Orient one cup-and-saucer at a time.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
The bones of the skull and spine likely acted as protective barriers, shielding parts of the brain from total thermal destruction and allowing fragments of the vitrified tissue to remain intact for nearly two millennia.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for millennium
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“Millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millennium. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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