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milieu

[mil-yoo, meel-, mil-yoo, mee-lyœ] / mɪlˈju, mil-, mɪlˈjʊ, miˈljœ /


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Mr. Harris grew up in a small town in Mississippi, in a milieu rich with gruesome stories.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

To those in Griffin’s milieu, or who aspire to be, the video was a distasteful and even dangerous broadside against the city’s wealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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

In this milieu, Hollywood A-listers like Will Ferrell and Sharon Stone, who occupy separate cliques nearby, pale in comparison to the mingling artistic luminaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

She said we couldn’t possibly understand what their social milieu was, before the Portuguese came.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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