Thesaurus results for SETTINGS

settings

noun

plural of setting

as in environments

the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting

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as in scenes

the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set the setting for the novel is Victorian England

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Recent Examples of settings Gemini Arrives Inside Google Classroom Gemini is now available inside Google Classroom to students of all ages, subject to school administrator settings. — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Material profiles, printer settings, wash cycles, and curing profiles all work together automatically. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 The researchers built 15 virtual scenarios, covering construction sites, highways, forest roads, riverbanks, mining areas, and urban and rural settings. — New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026 The teams with the best records (and/or your league’s division winners, depending on your settings) will advance to the fantasy playoffs, while the others will be eliminated from title contention. — Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Indeed, Bridges has spent the summer popping up in Paris, Cannes, Los Angeles, Montreux, London, Chicago and, most recently, San Francisco’s Outside Lands, introducing Happiness Anytime in increasingly kinetic settings. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 21 Aug. 2026 Featuring seascape settings and insightful dialogue, this coastal noir tale delivers important ideas with a courageous heart. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

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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
Its Lilypad technology has recently transitioned from the pilot phase to deployment in active production environments such as Chile, which holds some of the world’s largest lithium brine resources.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of environments

Noun

The music department, as well as Courcol’s lively directing and writing, must be commended for scenes of the brass ensemble playing and rehearsing, in a constantly dynamic interaction with dialogue.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
The region is made up of various villages and hamlets, including Port Carling (where scenes from the show were filmed at locations like Mortimer’s Point Marina).

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of scenes

Noun

This is called a Balmer break, which generally indicates dense, photon-absorbing gas swirling in the atmospheres of ancient stars.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026
At the end of the day, both conferences feature great fanbases, historic, iconic venues, outstanding crowd atmospheres and elite, blue blood programs.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of atmospheres

Noun

That debate contrasts traditional conservative values – including protecting the unborn and preserving the nation’s Judeo-Christian heritage – against liberal values that embrace a society made up of people of different religions and backgrounds.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
The backgrounds are sparse and artifical, with generous bloomed lighting and mist applied to seemingly random places.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of backgrounds

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

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These form the spine of the book, interwoven with descriptions of swims of varying lengths in a very wide range of locales—rivers, waterfalls, ponds, different coves and beaches, each different and beautifully captured for the reader.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
What started in Taos, New Mexico, is now a nationwide movement—though a limited one, due to strict zoning regulations in most locales.

— Felicia Brower, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026