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
The series feels grounded in the Walkers’ immigrant milieu.
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
The culture of a milieu, a country, or a tribal bubble?
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Johnson was born in 1977, into a middle-class milieu: his mother was a poet and a college professor, his father an artist and a Vietnam vet.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
In both his fiction, including the ravishing short-story collection Maggie Brown & Others, and his essays, Orner mulls over his experiences growing up Jewish in Chicago and its North Shore suburbs, a milieu rife with struggle, longing, anger, secrets, lies, and love.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
The culture of a milieu, a country, or a tribal bubble?
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Johnson was born in 1977, into a middle-class milieu: his mother was a poet and a college professor, his father an artist and a Vietnam vet.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
In both his fiction, including the ravishing short-story collection Maggie Brown & Others, and his essays, Orner mulls over his experiences growing up Jewish in Chicago and its North Shore suburbs, a milieu rife with struggle, longing, anger, secrets, lies, and love.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milieu
Noun
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Charities and Planned Giving For charities and planning giving experts, these complications will need to be addressed to help donors in the new environment.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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These grants can support classroom redesigns, specialized staffing, and new instructional models that keep students in their home districts and in the least restrictive environment possible.—
Charlene M. Russell-Tucker,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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Developed by Indigo Road Hospitality with interiors by B. Berry and architecture by Neil Stevenson, the hotel blends contemporary design with a spacious, residential atmosphere.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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The Grill at Smooth Rapids serves up hearty meals with river views and often hosts live music, creating a lively, family-friendly atmosphere.—
Korrin Bishop,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
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Part of the fun of this season, and where a lot of these things came from, was starting to kick the tires on different, for lack of a better word, tropes, and what would this trope or that trope look like in the context of the show?—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
12 July 2025
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In this context, the relevant comparison is not enterprise value to Bitcoin value, but rather the market value of equity to the (fair) book value of the firm.—
Korok Ray,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Two major climate disasters of 2025 — the Texas flooding that killed more than 100 people and the L.A. wildfires in January that resulted in 30 deaths and wiped out more than 15,000 homes and businesses — highlight the struggles officials face in fully preparing for extreme weather conditions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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In the next few decades, Wisconsin's climate will feel more like southern Illinois or Missouri and the frequency of extreme heat ― days above 90 degrees ― is projected to triple, according to the Center for Climate Research at the Nelson Institute at University of Wisconsin-Madison.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
9 July 2025
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Both add tone-on-tone details including wood panels on the doors and dash, narrow slashes of chrome and a rose gold surround on the floating center console which nicely sets it apart from the storage bin beneath.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The sculpture is made of wood, which Hepworth had to obtain a special permit to carve, and colored string, which, stretched tautly within the gap of the white ovoid form, represents her experience of the tensions between herself and her natural surrounds at the time.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
5 June 2025
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“Milieu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milieu. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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