noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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Along with the new millennium , comes another decade of collectable toys.
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Our president, who has been elected to lead us into the new millennium , needs spiritual guidance like all of us.
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As the new millennium begins, a world supposedly safe from war has to some degree become a world safe for war.
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As the new millennium dawned and women came steadily closer to the top, executives at the summit began to grow uneasy.
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How will the new millennium children reconcile conflicting demands on scarce resources against the background of global warming?
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So much has been trumpeted about these being the first Games of the new millennium .
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A plan to plant 20 trees in Witham to mark the new millennium has been postponed.
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As the world approached the cusp of a new millennium , the fire was still spreading.
■ NOUN
bug
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What is the origin of the millennium bug ?
■ VERB
come
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It describes the lushness and abundance of the coming millennium .
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In the coming millennium , Dahl predicted, new telecommunications technology will exert a powerful influence for change on the democratic process.
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Yet another argument for a return to unions in the coming millennium .
enter
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Culture, as we enter the new millennium , becomes the ultimate commodity.
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Whatever, bamboo is versatile and appealing and is a great material to rediscover as we enter the new millennium .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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What did you do to celebrate the millennium ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the end of the second millennium approaches, mankind is in a different mood.
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As the new millennium dawned and women came steadily closer to the top, executives at the summit began to grow uneasy.
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As the new millennium opened, money talked.
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As we move towards the end of the millennium the Association is increasingly widening its horizons.
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It has a number on it, but not the number of the second millennium .
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Let there be a new treaty that deals with the realities of a new millennium .
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The circle seems unbroken, and now, in this new millennium , Showcase promises to be even more successful.
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The medieval, Renaissance and modern collections cover more than a millennium , from the Dark Ages to the interwar period.