as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
many feel that church leaders stray outside of their proper ambit when they make specific political endorsements
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Recent Examples of ambit
Death to Order reads like an anti-thriller—this despite its international ambit and the corpses of prominent statesmen strewn higgledy-piggledy across its pages.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Postal law enforcement must stick to its guns and focus on the very real problems within its ambit.
—Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
Last year, it was announced that the paper would no longer issue endorsements in local elections, and the ambit of the excellent Metro section has narrowed considerably.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Such stations reinforce political polarization, with each one’s narrative embraced by those within its political ambit and scorned by those outside it.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Postal law enforcement must stick to its guns and focus on the very real problems within its ambit.
—Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
Last year, it was announced that the paper would no longer issue endorsements in local elections, and the ambit of the excellent Metro section has narrowed considerably.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Such stations reinforce political polarization, with each one’s narrative embraced by those within its political ambit and scorned by those outside it.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
See All Example Sentences for ambit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambit
Noun
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In the absence of details about the timeframe or scope of the new files to be released, their contents, at this point, are purely speculative.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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By this time, the scope of her life had contracted.—
Anika Burgess,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Strictly within the realm of football, Kelce is one of the most recognizable athletes in the country’s most-popular sport after racking up 11 selections to the Pro Bowl and the eighth-most catches (1,080) in NFL history.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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Open calls for actors Open auditions, known in the regional theater realm as Equity Principal Auditions, are a reality of being a professional theater.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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Republicans changed Medi-Cal eligibility — which includes imposing work requirements on many recipients — in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to an extent the Legislative Analyst’s Office says will kick millions of people off the insurance roles.—
Andrew Graham
March 9,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The extent of the uplift in last month’s consumer inflation will probably prove temporary, since it was caused in large part by the timing of the Lunar New Year.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Ambit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambit. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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