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milieu

[mil-yoo, meel-, mee-lyœ] / mɪlˈyʊ, mil-, miˈlyœ /


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The portraits play off the novel’s milieu: a series of churches, as well as the medieval French castle that is home to an eccentric and mostly absent prince.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

"By asking why LNPs perform so differently in the physiological milieu of the body, we found a surprisingly simple answer that could make a wide range of mRNA and gene editing therapies substantially more effective."

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Even more unusual, in this particular political milieu, was her expressed compassion for Palestinian Muslims.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

But he wasn’t the first Republican president to have made his way in a Democratic milieu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Obviously, the environment or the milieu that surrounds an organism contributes to its physical attributes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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