millennium

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And with the new millennium fast approaching, the consumer needed Jacobs’ brand of sartorial insouciance.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

A first-time nomination was the charm for Jordan, who began his career around the turn of the millennium.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

He added: "We should be proud to sit here as embodiments of the hereditary principle dating back a millennium."

From BBC • Mar. 10, 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

This apparently insignificant omission caused a great deal of trouble; it kindled the controversy over the start of the millennium.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife