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 The TomTom app’s mobile interface is clean and basic, with no ads and few extra features or settings. — Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Whitney had prerecorded the song—a necessity in such settings, Rickey says, due to the overwhelming din of the crowd. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 In late August, the social media conglomerate Meta reached a $17 billion settlement with a coalition of 48 states, the District of Columbia, and three territories and promised to change its policies and settings to protect children. — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Its best parts have a grandeur that surpasses its industrial settings and gets at something eerie and transcendent. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026 Over many rounds, training nudges the student’s internal settings, called weights, so that its answers more closely match the teacher’s. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 There are two settings and both are so effective at giving you bouncy and juicy curls. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 7 Oct. 2026 However, operating them can require skilled physicists to adjust settings and test the results for hours. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026 But regular, useful feedback matters across on-site, hybrid and remote settings. — Christos Makridis, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026

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Noun

It is designed specifically to hunt and kill warships, including moving ships in contested environments.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
How did those three distinct environments—the lake, the city, and the desert—shape the final record?

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of environments

Noun

Below, Netflix‘s new six-episode thriller, begins with one of my favorite TV scenes of the year.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
While refuting any suggestion of police repression, Lecornu condemned violence on the margins of protests, which were mostly peaceful Tuesday, despite the dramatic scenes that dominated coverage.

— Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of scenes

Noun

Most of these super-Earths orbit frighteningly close to their host stars and have long since had their atmospheres scraped away, leaving them baked, parched rocks.

— Space.com Staff, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Magnetic fields have implications for the structure of exoplanets and their atmospheres, according to Berger.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of atmospheres

Noun

Seven strangers from different countries and backgrounds are forced to compete in a deadly game, each facing a different mission to rescue a loved one.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Today, the customer base reflects the diversity of the surrounding neighborhood, with shoppers of all backgrounds stopping in for specialty products, custom cuts and prepared foods.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 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

Noun

The experience opened up Rhimes’ vision for storylines and backdrops for Shondaland’s creations.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Set against the backdrops of New York and Los Angeles from the late 2000s through the 2020s, the novel navigates the uncertain metamorphosis of contemporary adulthood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of backdrops

Noun

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
Blue and violet, the higher-energy ends of the spectrum identified by Cirrus Research, remain the least common in sleep contexts but round out the color menu as the category keeps expanding.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of contexts

Noun

From Chanel’s blockbuster Le19M exhibition to a secondhand vintage revival, here are the must-visit locales during Shanghai Fashion Week.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
However, the promise of affordability advantages in lesser locales are not always fruitful.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026