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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Recent Examples of millennium
These more recent burials confirmed Saqqara was used as a cemetery for over a millennium.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
More than 100 game boards like these of partially similar types, crafted from various materials such as wood, stone and clay, have been found in the Near East, spanning a period of two millennia.
—Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
That’s 3,000 miles of burrowing, mind, which Newsweek estimates could take the best part of a millennium if construction proceeded at the same rate as Europe’s Channel Tunnel.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
With the latest Antarctic ice core, scientists hope to learn how levels of greenhouse gases have changed over millennia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
More than 100 game boards like these of partially similar types, crafted from various materials such as wood, stone and clay, have been found in the Near East, spanning a period of two millennia.
—Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
That’s 3,000 miles of burrowing, mind, which Newsweek estimates could take the best part of a millennium if construction proceeded at the same rate as Europe’s Channel Tunnel.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
With the latest Antarctic ice core, scientists hope to learn how levels of greenhouse gases have changed over millennia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Millennium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millennium. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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