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 During pre-training, GO-3 Preview is designed to perform unfamiliar tasks in different environments, including homes, kitchens and multi-robot settings. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026 Heavy Is the Crown resembles a mainstream rap sampler of sorts, and its default settings are the kickback and the car stereo. — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026 Hold your prompts, tool definitions, retrieval rules, and settings as provider-neutral configuration, with verification tests that prove behavior still works after a swap. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026 Enjoying familiar traditions in gentler settings, Anderson suggests, may slowly change the emotions those traditions bring up. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026 In functioning market settings, price discovery and competition ensure this tendency. — Tony Lo Sasso, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026 This sleek device intelligently studies your daily temperature preferences and utilizes adaptive eco-settings to save energy automatically. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026 This year’s cars are more complicated to drive—more settings, more modes, more lightning-quick decisions—and Antonelli has an unusual head for data. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 Wire speed, voltage, settings, all the normal stuff is there. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026

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Noun

However, perovskites are notoriously vulnerable to moisture and harsh chemical environments, posing a clear problem in seawater.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
The development reflects a broader shift in modern defense planning towards modular weapons systems that can be transported, repositioned, and integrated into different operational environments with fewer platform-specific modifications.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of environments

Noun

Police transported the bodies without forensic examinations of the scenes.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
But the reason these frightening scenes work so well is that Hitchcock knows there must be some emotional investment from the audience, especially when the actual events are so random and inexplicable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of scenes

Noun

The world’s first legged inspection robot for explosive atmospheres is now set to be delivered to its customers.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
This Mount Rushmore represents a good mix of four different kinds of food and dining experiences, with different menus, atmospheres, and themes.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of atmospheres

Noun

The growing experience of assemblies proves that people of widely disparate ideologies and diverse demographic backgrounds can come together and deliberate on issues of public policy.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Only about 3% of state legislators had medical, science or engineering backgrounds as of March 2025, according to a Rutgers analysis of the Scientists in State Politics Database.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of backgrounds

Noun

On its own, without a subwoofer or rear surrounds, the Bravia Theater Trio puts out a large, powerful front sound field.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of surrounds

Noun

There is of course another way to hear ABBA songs sung live onstage, though sadly without Greek island backdrops or background singers wearing floppy swim fins.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
More than 100 waterfalls plunge along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve full of dramatic backdrops for hiking and picnicking.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of backdrops

Noun

Of course, the contexts stricken by war and state failure are challenging.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
So regenerative has to regenerate livelihoods and communities too, including decent work and supporting the women who do much of the labor in cotton in many contexts.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of contexts

Noun

But Fleming's 007, and the onscreen Bonds who played out those stories, dispatched danger in exotic locales, and without rumpling the pleats on their dinner jackets.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
And while suburban or rural locales might offer the luxury of space—a sprawling front yard for your 12-foot skeletons to roam free, for instance—in New York City, the limitations of scale just mean people have to get creative.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026