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milieu

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

With its chopped-up percussion and unusual amount of space, “Valentine” sounds uncannily contemporary today, a testament to how forward-thinking the artists from this milieu were.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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

By merging then and now, it plunges visitors into a milieu they may know only through a Shaker bentwood box, and it signals that this exhibition aims to explore the relevance of Shaker ideas today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Multi-part performance in either the vocal or instrumental milieu is cognitively beneficial, and will increase a child’s musical competence.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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