environments

noun

plural of environment
as in surroundings
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded the joys of growing up in the environment that a small town offers

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Recent Examples of environments The platform provides security, artificial intelligence capabilities, and wireless connectivity for applications spanning smart homes, industrial systems, healthcare, commercial environments, and smart cities. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026 Since its opening in 2012, the Wythe has often been cited as a model of how to revitalize industrial buildings and environments. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026 Security In many enterprise environments, video is simply not permitted to leave the building. — Krish Kumar, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 FieldAI's Field Foundation Models are designed to help robots operate in changing real-world environments without requiring prior mapping. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 In one of the findings, bat houses — artificial roosts in urban environments, similar to nest boxes for birds — were doing their job helping to suppress pests on pecan farms in Texas. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The framework needs to maintain isolated customer environments and support human review as well as audit trails. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 Upscale retreats are being designed to blend seamlessly into some of the African country’s most remote environments; being hard to find offers the ultimate in exclusivity. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for environments
  1. atmospheres
  2. climates
  3. surrounds
  4. contexts
Noun
  • As has our play in the Coliseum, including running the table last year in front of a lot of epic atmospheres.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Although all of the solar system’s planets with atmospheres have wave-spawning disturbances, only Saturn churns them out looking like polygons, geometric shapes bounded by straight lines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of atmospheres
Noun
  • People were part of Pleistocene history, adapting to the colder climates in the north and traversing the unglaciated regions to the south of the glacial margins.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Other factors that should impact your shower schedule Different climates and different times of the year might call for more or less frequent showering.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of climates
Noun
  • Neither are ideal, but this hasn’t prevented City fans from generating a decent atmosphere inside their new surrounds, particularly during last season’s run-in when the final nine home games were all won.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • One skyscraper amidst a sea of them, the Four Seasons San Francisco at Embarcadero blends in with its surrounds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
Definition of surrounds
Noun
  • Engineers working in humanitarian contexts learn to navigate ambiguity, engage diverse stakeholders, manage constraints, and design for environments where failure has real human consequences.
    — Mary Ellen Randall, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But although researchers have found Pangram to be accurate in many contexts, AI detectors of all kinds remain fallible.
    — Kevin Schaul, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of contexts

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“Environments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/environments. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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