| 100% | GTE | 3 | Co. in a 2000 merger that became Verizon |
| 57% | GTE | 3 | Co. in a 2000 telecommunications merger |
| 51% | GTE | 3 | Co. in the merger that formed Verizon |
| 49% | AOL | 3 | Company in a 2000 merger |
| 45% | AOL | 3 | Co. in a 2001 merger |
| 44% | TWA | 3 | Co. in a 2001 merger with American |
| 44% | AOL | 3 | Co. in a big 2001 merger |
| 44% | AOL | 3 | Co. in a 2001 merger with Time Warner |
| 43% | ZOOM | 4 | Company that became a verb in 2020 |
| 43% | GTE | 3 | Co. that Bell Atlantic acquired in June 2000 and renamed Verizon |
| 42% | RYERSON | 7 | Toronto college that became a university in 1993 |
| 42% | BARBADOS | 8 | Caribbean island that became a republic in 2021 |
| 42% | GREENLAND | 9 | Arctic island that became a Danish colony in 1950 |
| 42% | AMC | 3 | Theatre chain that became a meme stock in 2021 |
| 42% | GTE | 3 | Co. that became part of Verizon |
| 42% | NED | 3 | Name that becomes a room when read in reverse |
| 42% | UPI | 3 | Co. formed in a 1958 merger |
| 41% | JUNETEENTH | 10 | Commemoration of emancipation that became a federal holiday in 2021 |
| 41% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | Comedy by Tina Fey that became a musical in 2017 |
| 41% | SALEM | 5 | Massachusetts city that becomes a tourist hot spot in October |
| 41% | AOL | 3 | Co. that merged with Time Warner in 2000 |
| 40% | DELOREAN | 8 | Car that becomes a time machine in "Back to the Future" |
| 40% | COE | 3 | Runner who became a baron in 2000 |
| 40% | SANYO | 5 | Electronics company that became a wholly owned subsidiary of Panasonic in 2011 |
| 40% | OMAN | 4 | Country that becomes a female with a W in front of it |
| 40% | RCA | 3 | Co. that once had a lightning bolt in its logo |
| 40% | SCOOTERS | 8 | Vehicles in a 2000 Black Friday craze that, according to experts, caused a spike in toddler injuries |
| 39% | THEWORM | 7 | Break-dancing move that became a popular party trick in the nineteen-eighties |
| 39% | ADLIB | 5 | Hallmark of James Brown’s live shows that became a prominent feature in rap |
| 39% | IPHONE | 6 | Apple's flagship device that became a cultural phenomenon after its release in 2007 |