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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The color-grading choice was particularly popular in movies at the turn of the millennium, a sickly tint that conveyed metropolitan gothic sensibilities and disaffection while amping up the physical sallowness of already-pallid leads.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
At the turn of the millennium, Britney Spears simply was MTV.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
In 1999, the final year of the millennium, and the year before Y2K was supposed to wipe out civilization, Ami (Ana Ming Bostwick-Singer) isn’t much different from many teenagers.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Its reopening will be in time to mark the millennium of the birth of William the Conqueror.
Bigger and better
A new extension to the Grand Seminary, designed by the British architectural firm RSHP, will house the tapestry and double the exhibition space.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
At the turn of the millennium, Britney Spears simply was MTV.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
In 1999, the final year of the millennium, and the year before Y2K was supposed to wipe out civilization, Ami (Ana Ming Bostwick-Singer) isn’t much different from many teenagers.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Its reopening will be in time to mark the millennium of the birth of William the Conqueror.
Bigger and better
A new extension to the Grand Seminary, designed by the British architectural firm RSHP, will house the tapestry and double the exhibition space.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
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 13 Mar. 2025.
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