milieu

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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

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

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

When she didn't go through Nashville and its country-music milieu, "it sort of threw people for a loop", he told the BBC.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Most of the modern music in which convergence is most active has thrived in a relatively prosperous, educated milieu, dominated by the United States and Europe, where something approaching a cultural consensus exists.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall