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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as in peripheral
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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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Adjective
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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Quince Classic Organic Percale Sheet Set
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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The calcified dental plaque could hold and protect DNA due to its dense crystalline structure that resists degradation in various environments.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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Having doubled in strength in less than a day, Erick churned through an ideal environment for quick intensification.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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As a result, the team has fielded some calls about trading away a peripheral option.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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He’s been lucky so far, but even the peripheral stats still show a decent pitcher.—
Owen Poindexter,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Through careful site selection, canopy management, and refined winemaking techniques, growers have learned how to coax more complexity and ripeness from this variety, even in England’s marginal climate.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The over-all impression is of a band simultaneously subcultural, taken up in marginal scenes, and supercultural, soundtracking life on both sides of the Iron Curtain.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
18 June 2025
Noun
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In this case, rapid, intense flash of electromagnetic energy were strong enough to ionize Earth's upper atmosphere and disrupt radio signals on the sunlit side of the planet, according to Space.com.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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The heat dome, defined as a high-pressure system in the upper atmosphere that traps heat and moisture below, is being driven by seasonal weather patterns and moisture pulled from the Gulf of Mexico.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 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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The entry-level Sport gets a Harman Kardon surround system, electrically adjustable front seats, steering wheel heating, all-wheel drive, a heat pump, and DC charging up to 175kW, a decent standard kit list.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The dining room leads to a bright eat-in kitchen that overlooks the backyard and opens to a family room with a stately fireplace with brick surround.—
Alicia Napierkowski,
New York Times,
1 May 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 30 Jun. 2025.
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