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milieu

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


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Like the milieu in which they’re set, prison movies can be terribly constricting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 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 with all that milieu and surrounded by many of their countrymen, some Americans still get homesick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Another thing that awed me was their almost total lack of information outside their milieu.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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