variants
or ambiance
as in aroma
a special quality or impression associated with something
the exurb has the unmistakable ambience of old money
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Recent Examples of ambience
Period ambiance is kept low-key, mostly relegated to deftly chosen golden oldies (including a closing Sinatra track) that abet Kim Hong-jip and Lee Jin-hee’s original score.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
The Long @ Times Square in the Reverie Saigon, on the other hand, offers an old-world European ambiance complete with a 48-meter marble bar.
—Duncan Greenfield-Turk, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Guests see it in clunky ordering, stale ambiance, and uneven service.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Add Small Touches Not everything has to follow the game night theme to achieve the board game café ambiance.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
The Long @ Times Square in the Reverie Saigon, on the other hand, offers an old-world European ambiance complete with a 48-meter marble bar.
—Duncan Greenfield-Turk, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Guests see it in clunky ordering, stale ambiance, and uneven service.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Add Small Touches Not everything has to follow the game night theme to achieve the board game café ambiance.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambience
Noun
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The nose is captivating with aromas of brown sugar, caramel corn, and vanilla mingle with wood and a hint of cherry.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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Focus on the aroma, colors, and textures of the food on your plate.—
Violeta Valdés,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Other signs of mold or spoilage include shriveling, leaking juice, soft spots, or an off smell.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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The smell after a rain is indescribable.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those who want to add Protein Cold Foam to their favorite drink can choose from flavors including banana, vanilla, sugar-free vanilla, chocolate, matcha, salted caramel and brown sugar, plain with no sugar and limited-time seasonal flavors pumpkin and pecan.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Dishes folded West African, Caribbean, and American vernaculars into a choreography of flavors that know each other intimately.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Our foul, flatulent father-figure may exaggerate a bit when belittling his enemies (and friends, for that matter), but cloaked under his aura of filth — like an adult Pig-Pen’s toxic dust cloud — rests a core truth.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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Dodging its attacks against the trainers is paramount, as is collecting aura that can power up your own Pokémon to do their own temporary Mega Evolutions.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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The tiny home park (that also offers Airstreams for rent) provides quaint and private accommodations for guests with a communal camp atmosphere.—
Nora Heston Tarte,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Generated when biomass, such as crop residues, wood, or other organic matter, is heated to produce clean energy, bio-tar can clog pipelines, corrode equipment, and release harmful compounds into the atmosphere if not managed carefully.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Ambience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambience. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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