as in realms
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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Noun
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Jack is curious about life’s mysteries and wants to learn about the elements that make up all the realms.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025 -
The thorium nuclear transition could enable physicists to explore previously inaccessible realms of new physics.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Reflecting different creative approaches and scopes of production.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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At launch, there will be 18 maps to compete on and 30 weapons to unlock, with dozens of customization options allowing users to fine tune their guns’ scopes, grips, barrels, and more.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Additional states including Florida, Kansas, Indiana, Maryland, Utah, Illinois, and New York, have considered (to differing extents) the idea of updating their maps, Reuters reported.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The characters are all based, to different extents, on real people.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The research team underlined that the future work will explore other co-intercalants and optimize electrolytes for even wider temperature ranges.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Pooling of sea water is possible around high tide at beach and harbor areas that is uncommon with normal tidal ranges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Riemann had introduced a concept that could encompass all possible geometries, in any number of dimensions.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Nov. 2025
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With a collapsible stock, the rifle can be fit quickly to the shooter’s dimensions.—
The Editors,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Ambits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambits. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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