variants
or milieux
as in environments
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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Scientists do not believe those environments existed where the rock formed.
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The conservation status of animals and environments is not included in the UMAP-browser interface, and the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird’s extinction is mourned almost as a mythical event, dated but nonetheless out of time; no cause is indicated.
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Ricard is no stranger to raucous softball atmospheres.
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Each smell is said to elicit different atmospheres.
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Bonus pools are the easiest reward mechanism to implement and work particularly well in nonprofit contexts where there is no stock ownership.
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In such contexts, large-scale air conditioning would place a massive strain on existing infrastructure.
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Commissioned from DeART of Italy, they are housed in cabinets in a muted version of British Racing Green, in harmony with the wooden look and feel of their surrounds.
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In the sanitized and alienating new surrounds, with the camaraderie of the early Hyperion days but a faint memory, long-simmering discontent about working conditions wouldn’t take long to boil over.
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Goodson explains that pomegranates thrive in warm climates and are widely enjoyed around the world.
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This shift is creating an unexpected opportunity for the Caribbean, which offers warm climates, English-speaking populations, and appealing citizenship-by-investment programs.
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“Milieus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milieus. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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