premillennial
adjective
pre·mil·len·ni·al
ˌprē-mə-ˈle-nē-əl 
1
: coming before a millennium
2
: holding or relating to premillennialism
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The truth was that in those premillennial days, so concerned had everyone been to ward off a fake crisis that several real ones had been left to fester.
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Leigh Claire La Berge, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The book begins with a troubled love affair in premillennial New York, then branches through time in an exploration of fate and happenstance.
—New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
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Leigh Claire La Berge, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The book begins with a troubled love affair in premillennial New York, then branches through time in an exploration of fate and happenstance.
—New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
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“Premillennial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premillennial. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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