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milieu

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


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"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

Coming of age in this seamy milieu has given him a cynical worldview and a preternatural calm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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

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

From Slate • Mar. 13, 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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