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The gross national debt stood at about 55% of gross domestic product at the start of the millennium and at 62% in 2007, just before the global financial crisis.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

The mere millionaires saw their wealth grow at an annual rate of 4% adjusted for inflation since the start of the millennium, UBS said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

How did the plague stick around for nearly half a millennium after the initial wave, causing repeated outbreaks?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"Around the millennium, everyone was just told no – you don't take part in any sport, not even recreational," says Dr. Lahti.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

And all this happened in a mere millennium or two!

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

This fog-shrouded patch of coastal forest in the heart of Yurok Country was tended by the tribe for millennia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Some of that carbon becomes woody tissue in the trunk, branches, and roots, where it can remain stored for decades, centuries, or even millennia.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

Its champions, though, have been around for millennia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

This provides "very little evidence that the yeasts have been multiplying over millennia," he said, adding that he believed they were "relatively recent colonists of the mummy's body".

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The link between peoples of the North and the South can be seen in the diffusion of corn from Mesoamerica along routes created by the people and used for millennia.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

It would guide scientists in their understanding of our still-unfolding present for generations, perhaps even millenniums, to come.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

Purple was labor-intensive, but so widely produced that piles of shells discarded millenniums ago are now geographical features in the region.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

For millenniums, all was still in the forest, until heavy waves stirred up by one of the hurricanes of 2004 scooped away the sand.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

Supported by Annabeth, who is a hothead, and Grover, who is careful, Percy has strong motivations to carry on through life-threatening challenges from mythological creatures that have had millenniums to hone their particular life-threatening skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

Collectively, memorable events have caused the ever-quickening pace of change during the past five millenniums, which begin with what we call the ancient world.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson