as in environment
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
observing how the survival techniques of primates vary with the ambient
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Recent Examples of ambient
Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Another important aspect of the on-location filming was the ambient sounds, dialogues and ritual songs recorded in the Indigenous villages.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 7 June 2025
The app has enhanced noise-cancellation techniques to filter out ambient sounds, enabling accurate readings even in loud environments.
—Ramsha Waseem, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
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Lighting is another essential part of the equation that can make or break a bedroom; really, any room in your home.
—Jacorey Moon, Architectural Digest, 3 June 2025
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Noun
Unfortunately, the press box is enclosed with large glass windows, which suppresses the ambient sound.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Another important aspect of the on-location filming was the ambient sounds, dialogues and ritual songs recorded in the Indigenous villages.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 7 June 2025
The app has enhanced noise-cancellation techniques to filter out ambient sounds, enabling accurate readings even in loud environments.
—Ramsha Waseem, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
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Saatva Organic Percale Sheet Set
Add ambient lighting
Lighting is another essential part of the equation that can make or break a bedroom; really, any room in your home.
—Jacorey Moon, Architectural Digest, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for ambient
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambient
Noun
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As a result, there was an uptick in online customer traffic and basket sizes, which is encouraging given the cautious spending environment.—
John Choong,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The environment was noisy, with many brands doing similar things both product- and retail-wise.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Eye Exercises and Training Techniques Peripheral awareness: While focusing on one object on the wall, try to identify objects in your peripheral vision.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
28 June 2025
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Yet many firms continue to apply outdated assumptions or treat women’s needs as peripheral.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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An additional $30,000 in deductions could amount to about $10,500 in annual tax savings for homeowners in these states and metros, assuming a 35 percent federal marginal tax rate, Realtor.com calculated.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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Confidence decays when the marginal unit of debt fails to buy a commensurate increase in productive capacity.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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The Mediterranean atmosphere is ideal for a lunch pre or post-tennis matches.—
Rachel Dube,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Ahead of the event’s fifth edition, Reeve-Rabb suggests the 2026 festival line-up could be even bigger, while retaining the event’s intimate atmosphere.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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At times, Pinho includes dry scenes where tangential characters address the camera with historical facts.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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Baby Billy’s success or failure is tangential to the Gemstones at large, so the writing (and Goggins’s performance) can be as liberated as Billy’s ball sack.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And although the show avoids preachy comparisons between its well-off, white climate refugees and their less privileged present-day counterparts, there’s plenty to notice about the international community’s indifference to the plight of the stateless.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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This reality has sparked legitimate concerns about AI undermining climate progress.—
Tenzin Seldon,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Noun
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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
Adjective
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The slope, or steepness, of the tangent line measures how quickly the function is changing at that point.—
Solomon Adams,
WIRED,
23 Feb. 2025
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By 1643, René Descartes had discovered a simple relationship between the curvatures of any four circles that are tangent to each other.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Aug. 2023
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“Ambient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambient. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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