millennium

Gregory thinks of how Iceland's first settlers must have felt witnessing such a phenomena more than a millennium ago, a time of mythological rather than scientific explanation.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

She started the new millennium strong with 2000’s “Music,” an extension of the electronic dance-pop of her 1998 triumph “Ray of Light.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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

The coarsening and outright collapse of public standards this millennium is so astonishing that it is hard to describe the world back then to “digital natives.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

By the end of the first millennium a.d., agriculture was spreading rapidly and the region was becoming an unusual patchwork of communities, each with its preferred terrain, way of subsistence, and cultural style.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

The mind-body question that has perplexed philosophers for millennia has acquired added resonance in the digital era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Although Cave 338 was not used as a permanent settlement, the repeated returns over millennia suggest that the location held significant value for prehistoric groups.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 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

“And death. I have been alive for two millennia, my dear, hiding from death.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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

Desert locusts for millenniums have been the scourge of farmers across northern Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 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