milieu
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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
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
It’s a grim reminder of L.A’.s insatiable appetite to destroy its own heritage and especially devastating to a certain milieu of writers and artists, myself very much included.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
In real life I am moderately brave, but plenty of brave people shed their courage in POW camps, and maybe something similar goes on in the infinitely more congenial milieu of the low-wage American workplace.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing milieu
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