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milieu

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


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To those in Griffin’s milieu, or who aspire to be, the video was a distasteful and even dangerous broadside against the city’s wealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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

In this milieu, Hollywood A-listers like Will Ferrell and Sharon Stone, who occupy separate cliques nearby, pale in comparison to the mingling artistic luminaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 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

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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