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milieus

noun

variants or milieux

plural of milieu

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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Recent Examples of milieus O’Farrell’s six preceding works generally depict more modern milieus; most are at least partially set in the 21 century. — Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026

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These flights have expanded the company’s test program, providing valuable experience across different operating environments.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Studies show that cooling towers and other warm, wet environments like hot tubs, spas, fountains and some plumbing systems are particularly vulnerable to Legionella bacteria.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of environments

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And typically, the extreme radiation around these stars totally strips the atmospheres from the planets orbiting them, so astronomers have wondered if planets orbiting these stars can have an atmosphere at all.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 16 July 2026
Cherubim had theorized that some small, rocky planets like LHS 1140 b could develop atmospheres with large amounts of helium over time.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 16 July 2026

Definition of atmospheres

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This is a question that some organizations have started exploring in specific contexts such as GPTs, but one that becomes significantly more complex when extended to software in general.

— Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Moving Beyond Tokenmaxxing Toward Efficiency Much of the current AI conversation focuses on using larger contexts in prompts.

— Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of contexts

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One skyscraper amidst a sea of them, the Four Seasons San Francisco at Embarcadero blends in with its surrounds.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
The debut Elora neatly brings together a white RV box and a white chassis, offsetting all that brightness with numerous windows enclosed by black surrounds matching the Promaster front bumper.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026

Definition of surrounds

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The ticks are moving not just into previously colder climates, which are now becoming friendlier to them, but south into warmer ones.

— Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Indigenous tree species are generally better adapted to local climates, support far more wildlife, and create healthier, more resilient ecosystems than large monoculture plantations.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

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