millennium

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As a result, the Gulf carriers and the hubs they serve have grown rapidly since the start of the millennium, becoming a key junction for long-distance aviation.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

At the turn of the millennium, private investments in technology soared and crashed alongside stocks, wiping out investors who jumped on the bandwagon at the wrong time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 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

Then something pretty extraordinary happened: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sent a letter to Ronald Reagan proposing they “enter the third millennium without nuclear weapons.”

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Tinibossol estimates a population of not over 100 million on the Three Continents, and considers it to have been stable for at least a millennium.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin