the millennium
noun
: the beginning of the third period of a thousand years counted from the beginning of the Christian era : the year 2000
We had a party to celebrate the millennium.
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At the turn of the millennium, the teen queen captured the hearts of millions with her pop hits — and, unknowingly, established a business model that would carry for decades to come.
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James Dinh, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
Indiana is perhaps best known for his true-crime trilogy inaugurated in the late 1990s—Resentment: A Comedy; Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story; and Depraved Indifference—addressing the warped disregard for human life that characterized the turn of the millennium.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Oct. 2024
The emergence of this aesthetic at the turn of the millennium was not arbitrary.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
Colorado has changed significantly since the turn of the millennium.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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James Dinh, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
Indiana is perhaps best known for his true-crime trilogy inaugurated in the late 1990s—Resentment: A Comedy; Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story; and Depraved Indifference—addressing the warped disregard for human life that characterized the turn of the millennium.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Oct. 2024
The emergence of this aesthetic at the turn of the millennium was not arbitrary.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
Colorado has changed significantly since the turn of the millennium.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for the millennium
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“The millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20millennium. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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