millennium

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The Armed Man was originally commissioned in 1998 by various bodies as a mass to mark the millennium, said Sir Karl, adding that it had been performed "globally" 4,000 times since 2000.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Shipley heard “Eternal Life” on a burned CD of femme-folk artists that was making the industry rounds at the turn of the millennium while he was putting together his “Wayfaring Strangers” lineup.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Though “The Rules of Attraction” failed to have a broader cultural impact, it became a minor commercial success and a brief staple of early millennium gay culture, achieving the cult status it was destined for.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

These accounts describe a world where traveling through Samaria was a part of daily life, proving that a millennium after the kings of Israel, the world still used these names.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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