Example Sentences

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Millennia before the Clocky alarm or smartphone screen timers, philosophers grappled with the same question: How can we live with intention and follow through?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Mastering Technology Across Millennia: Early hominins crafted sharp-edged stone tools with impressive precision and consistency.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

Millennia ago astronomers noted the colors of stars, and ever since at least the Iron Age, it hasn’t been too big a leap to associate those colors with temperatures.

From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023

Millennia before Sigmund Freud, the Buddha was perhaps the first to offer an instruction manual explaining how the mind works.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

‘We’re the first actual children of Bellona in the Ramfrez-Arellano family. And Bellona has always favoured our clan. Millennia ago, she decreed that we would play pivotal roles in many battles.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan