millennia
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Cultivated for millennia, Armenia's famed apricots were known to ancient Romans as the "Armenian apple."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Some of that carbon becomes woody tissue in the trunk, branches, and roots, where it can remain stored for decades, centuries, or even millennia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Reid said if several centimetres are lost to fire, then "you're losing decades, centuries, potentially millennia of peatland".
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The book ends with Fagan questioning the appeal of hunting across the millennia and sidestepping an answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
He explains the branches of marine evolution and the sequences of the geologic periods; on her best days, she glimpses the limitless span of millennia behind her: millions of years, tens of millions.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
