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
New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
All the while, the gooey ambient synths underfoot lean closer to New Age than gospel music.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
In place of the pumping house music typical of Venice red carpets, a somber ambient score accompanied the arrival, as festival chief Alberto Barbera walked arm in arm with Ben Hania into the Sala Grande Cinema.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The research team noted that studying the impact of ambient temperature is an important practical task for ensuring their reliable performance.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Spike the Bulldog is your voice assistant, just about everything fabric in the car is from something recycled, and the Mini relies heavily on ambient lighting for mood-setting.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
All the while, the gooey ambient synths underfoot lean closer to New Age than gospel music.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
In place of the pumping house music typical of Venice red carpets, a somber ambient score accompanied the arrival, as festival chief Alberto Barbera walked arm in arm with Ben Hania into the Sala Grande Cinema.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The research team noted that studying the impact of ambient temperature is an important practical task for ensuring their reliable performance.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambient
Noun
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Improving business environment While trade tensions and worries about China's economic slowdown weighed on the near-term outlook, the survey respondents indicated significant improvement in the local regulatory environment.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Many happen in chaotic, low-light, or high-stress environments where conventional methods fail.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That's because your peripheral vision is much more atuned to brightness than your direct vision.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Despite iffy peripheral stats, the bullpen has been better since the trade deadline.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Copeland and Summers have each been active as individual recording artists and live performers, beginning even before the group’s official dissolution, but their music has targeted niche audiences, only achieving marginal sales.—
Mike Alleyne,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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At a 12% marginal tax rate, for example, the $6,000 deduction for a single taxpayer who is 65 or older would result in $720 in tax savings.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The atmosphere was celebratory, with Kirk tossing hats into the crowd before diving into questions.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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This breathtaking image from James Sinclair gives us a detailed view of a section of the sun's atmosphere known as the chromosphere — a chaotic region where hydrogen and helium plasma is molded and reshaped by our star's ever-shifting magnetic field.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Los Angeles experience consists mostly of such tangential connections and brief grazes of luxury.—
Joe Joyce,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Another tangential line worth pursuing: Rodin made ample use of photography proper in his figural renderings.—
Jan Tumlir,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From ethics in our government offices, to reproductive health care, to the climate crisis and beyond, ProPublica remains on the front lines of the stories that matter most.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Speaking at an Africa climate summit, Ruto said climate inaction was costing tens of thousands of lives, compounding development challenges for the world’s poorest nations after massive international aid cuts.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Grosvenor over a career spanning six decades created art that investigated the spatial relationship between the viewer, the work, and its surrounds.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Sep. 2025
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Other highlights include a garden-view living room warmed by a large fireplace with a stone surround and a formal dining room that opens on both sides to verandas ideal for alfresco entertaining.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
8 Sep. 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 16 Sep. 2025.
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