as in environment
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
young, innovative artists thrive in the freewheeling milieu that a big city offers
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Recent Examples of milieu
Certain actors do manage to interrupt the recycled milieu with standout performances, particularly Ryder, Hawke, Cara Buono (as Wheeler matriarch Karen, whose aloof persona finally gets punctured), and Priah Ferguson (playing Lucas’s suddenly-a-teenager younger sister, Erica).
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
How unusual is this in their social milieu in the nineteen-sixties?
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
The old model referenced by Mahmood is a creature of Europe’s post-war milieu.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
In a cultural milieu in which cool now amounts to assembling the most cunning collage of references, Rosalía has given her stylish postmodernism a powerful bass note of purpose.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
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Arkansas is home to more than 280,000 small businesses, alongside national and regional employers that operate in an intensely competitive environment.—
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Built for demanding factory environments Atlas is a fully electric humanoid robot with 56 degrees of freedom, meaning 56 independently controllable joints that allow fluid, human-like motion.—
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Dark paint colors can feel surprisingly cozy and create a cocoon-like atmosphere in north-facing rooms.—
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Because the dopants are earth-abundant, the synthesis uses conventional solid-state processing, and no inert atmosphere is required, the approach aligns well with existing gigafactory infrastructure.—
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But the memory of decades-long civil unrest, largely ended by a peace agreement signed in 2016, is still fresh enough to provide a real-life context for Teddy’s machinations.—
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Vagueposting is when people purposefully post or comment without any context, requiring people who want to know more to dig deeper or even outright ask what — or who — the post is about.—
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And outdoor living spaces such as porches, patios and courtyards will help expand interior spaces, even in colder climates.—
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Extreme temperature swings, known as continental climate, are common in North America's interior.—
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Enjoy the ride while listening to the 17-speaker, 1,220-watt Burmester surround-sound system.—
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Instead, multiple 72-inch interior screens allow nine passengers the choice of enjoying the view outside via cameras embedded along the exterior, engaging in a video conference, or watching entertainment in a surround-sound environment.—
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“Milieu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milieu. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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