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
And with the cultural milieu of models on the runway in that decade, even if challenges remained, designers and tastemakers knew the moment was noteworthy.
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Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 31 Jan. 2025
The prosecution of Russell also offers insight to how American law enforcement and intelligence agencies collaborate with their foreign counterparts to combat the transnational far-right milieu that spawned the Terrorgram Collective.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
This episode furnishes just enough Nadine nonsense to up the fun factor and highlights once again what rarefied milieux Elsbeth and Kaya navigate each week.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
By the ’90s, as the AIDS epidemic devastated precisely the artistic and LGBT+ communities that made up Atlas’s milieu, much of his work became forged by a sense of loss, danger, and violence.
—Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 31 Jan. 2025
The prosecution of Russell also offers insight to how American law enforcement and intelligence agencies collaborate with their foreign counterparts to combat the transnational far-right milieu that spawned the Terrorgram Collective.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
This episode furnishes just enough Nadine nonsense to up the fun factor and highlights once again what rarefied milieux Elsbeth and Kaya navigate each week.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
By the ’90s, as the AIDS epidemic devastated precisely the artistic and LGBT+ communities that made up Atlas’s milieu, much of his work became forged by a sense of loss, danger, and violence.
—Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milieu
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The broader market environment favors this separation, with Middleby RemainCo aiming to capitalize on the increasing adoption of automation, ventless kitchens, and digitalized food service operations.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Adjusting your sleep practices and environment can help set you up for a successful night's sleep.—
Carley Millhone,
Health,
5 Mar. 2025
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Fewer people on the slopes is also a huge bonus for skiers and the mountain atmosphere is much more relaxed.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Serving many different customers The advantages of such a platform include superior image quality, less congested orbits, and natural debris removal as inoperable satellites are pulled down into Earth's atmosphere and burnt up.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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The season so far has set an interesting context leading up to the COTA race.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Morrison provides just enough context via on-screen text, explaining how the murder of Laquan McDonald four years earlier had created tensions between police and the public.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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That effort to address the climate crisis could further tighten supplies of coffee beans.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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For more climate and environment news, follow @Sammy_Roth on X and @sammyroth.bsky.social on Bluesky.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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But the new copy released nationwide via Janus has been finished in crisp digital 4K with a new 5.1 surround soundtrack.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps its most enviable detail, however, was the stunning wood-burning fireplace that sat in a corner of the living room, with an intricate brick surround that stretched up to the second floor.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Milieu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milieu. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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