Thesaurus results for MILIEUS

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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It is designed specifically to hunt and kill warships, including moving ships in contested environments.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
How did those three distinct environments—the lake, the city, and the desert—shape the final record?

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of environments

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Most of these super-Earths orbit frighteningly close to their host stars and have long since had their atmospheres scraped away, leaving them baked, parched rocks.

— Space.com Staff, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Magnetic fields have implications for the structure of exoplanets and their atmospheres, according to Berger.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of atmospheres

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So regenerative has to regenerate livelihoods and communities too, including decent work and supporting the women who do much of the labor in cotton in many contexts.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Blue and violet, the higher-energy ends of the spectrum identified by Cirrus Research, remain the least common in sleep contexts but round out the color menu as the category keeps expanding.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of contexts

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Neither are ideal, but this hasn’t prevented City fans from generating a decent atmosphere inside their new surrounds, particularly during last season’s run-in when the final nine home games were all won.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
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

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