as in surrounding
to form a circle around
a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs
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There was no immediate word on the circumstances surrounding the vehicle driving off the pier.—
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By continuously collecting and processing electromagnetic data, the system generated a detailed understanding of the surrounding signal environment.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Environing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/environing. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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