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milieu

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


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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

Director Sang-il Lee sets his epic-scaled “Kokuho” in the vivid world of kabuki theater, but it’s not just the movie’s milieu that distinguishes it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

But “wait and see” isn’t where you want to find yourself in today’s current market milieu.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The project returned him to the milieu of small science he had left behind after his first few handmade cyclotrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik