millennium
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Investment strategists at a macro research service say an indicator that has only turned cautious five times this millennium is telling investors to take a more conservative approach.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The discovery of a substantial built structure suggests that, during the second millennium BC, communities in north-west Africa were actively shaping their environment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Disagreements between Doss and Hart led to a lengthy hiatus in the new millennium, but they later reconciled, played shows in a reunion tour and began assembling material for a third full-length record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
It nearly happened this millennium as Everton - last relegated in 1951 - stayed up by beating Bournemouth on the final day of the 2022-23 season.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
At that rate, we would be at trial until the millennium.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The earliest major phase dates to the mid-fourth and early third millennia BC, or the Final Neolithic period.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Gold itself kick-started the modern era, but it’s the land itself that was always rich, abundant in every measure, with more than enough for millennia of early Californians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Yet bogs are fragile, and as they are drained, burned or dug up to gather fuel or create more land for agriculture, they release millennia of stored greenhouse gases into the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
This fossilised hunk of whale bone has lain hidden in the earth on Portmuck Beach for possibly millennia.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Indians who adopted it were setting aside millennia of tradition in favor of a new technology.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Cody, 41, is a millennial at the forefront of an art form harking back millenniums — at once building on tradition and joyously venturing beyond it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
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
Or are you purchasing an item, wrapping, bag or bow that will be used once, then sent off to a landfill where it will sit, undisturbed, for the next several millenniums?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
Zionism as a concept was once clearly understood: the belief that Jews, who have endured persecution for millenniums, needed refuge and self-determination in the land of their ancestors.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 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
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