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
ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
His 2024 ambient project, Total Meditation, introduced fans to a softer, more mindful side of the artist, proving that his growth isn’t just physical but deeply spiritual as well.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Light Sense will use ambient light detection sensors on new TVs and reference lighting data from the content source to adjust picture quality according to your ambient room lighting.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Every sample lost color, while a follow-up analysis confirmed that the ambient air’s oxygen content itself helped move along the photobleaching process.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
This will allow the buds to adjust volume based on ambient noise levels.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
His 2024 ambient project, Total Meditation, introduced fans to a softer, more mindful side of the artist, proving that his growth isn’t just physical but deeply spiritual as well.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Light Sense will use ambient light detection sensors on new TVs and reference lighting data from the content source to adjust picture quality according to your ambient room lighting.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Every sample lost color, while a follow-up analysis confirmed that the ambient air’s oxygen content itself helped move along the photobleaching process.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambient
Noun
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Signs throughout the museum ask visitors to consider how the climate has changed the course of human evolution, and how humans have affected the environment around them.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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While an opioid would’ve been an easy choice, a doctor performed a nerve block instead, numbing the peripheral areas of pain rather than sedating the brain.—
Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the total lump sum is also subject to a federal marginal tax rate of up to 37%.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The damage being done to Chinese refiners via punitive tariffs for doing business with Venezuela would not be worth marginal gains.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The athletics track surrounding the pitch at the London Stadium certainly does not help, meaning supporters are a long way from the action and the atmosphere suffers as a result.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Two of the missions with uncertain futures monitor carbon dioxide levels in the Earth's atmosphere.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 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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That may be why the Media Matters fight, which seems like just another front with a tangential player in the FTC's bigger battle, may end up mattering the most.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Cannon-Brookes is urging Australia to show more ambition on climate action, even as the new government legislates plans to strengthen the country’s carbon emissions cuts.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Signs throughout the museum ask visitors to consider how the climate has changed the course of human evolution, and how humans have affected the environment around them.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Much of the focus since the Premier League’s newest venue opened last month has understandably been on its space-age design, and how this temple of glass and steel near the mouth of the River Mersey looks so out of place with its surrounds.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Flying private can cost about the same, but the level of attention to service, amenities and surrounds is at a higher level, Ricci boasted.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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