as in environment
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
observing how the survival techniques of primates vary with the ambient
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Recent Examples of ambient
Ali Bouzari, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2025
Researchers analyzed an average of about 12 years of rat sightings, trapping reports and inspection records from 16 international cities and compared the data to patterns in human density, annual minimum temperatures and average ambient temperatures over time.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Like a regular frame, this device doesn't include front lighting or backlighting, so won't glow in the dark but will need ambient light to shine.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Feb. 2025
Achieving significant reductions in ambient fine particulate matter will take years to attain and require a multifocal approach.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
In addition to more reliable and widespread data on benchmarks like ambient temperature and humidity, advanced metrics such as internal produce temperature and near-infrared data paint a clearer picture of the condition of commodities like avocados on their journey from field to market.
—Ali Bouzari, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2025
Researchers analyzed an average of about 12 years of rat sightings, trapping reports and inspection records from 16 international cities and compared the data to patterns in human density, annual minimum temperatures and average ambient temperatures over time.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Like a regular frame, this device doesn't include front lighting or backlighting, so won't glow in the dark but will need ambient light to shine.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Feb. 2025
Achieving significant reductions in ambient fine particulate matter will take years to attain and require a multifocal approach.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambient
Noun
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There’s a warmth and a patina to Alief that Navis wanted to stress as a home base, but also some genuine cowboy, Southwest aesthetic that was part of the fun of other environments Mo ends up in.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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The 1920s were a boom time for L.A., an era of heady confidence in humans’ ability to reshape the natural environment.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Waldock said the helicopter pilots, with their night vision goggles interfering with their peripheral vision, may have wrongly focused on a plane that took off just before the collision.—
Gary Fields,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The worms migrate through the blood or along peripheral nerves to get to the central nervous system.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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During World War II, the top American marginal tax rate reached an eye-popping 94 percent.—
Brian Klaas,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Still, these are marginal changes; the real problems are physical and intellectual fitness.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For the eleventh time, the Super Bowl will be played in the Big Easy, but the normally festive atmosphere will include a somber tribute to the victims and the heroes of the New Year's Day tragedy.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Those are caused when the atmosphere picks up moisture from open water and then dumps it back on land in the form of snow.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Is that a fair, if perhaps tangential, limning of this sinister quality that your poems sometimes have?—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2025
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The main selling point of our domains may be the metaphor or emotional invocations, so the connection to keywords is tangential or opaque.—
Darpan Munjal,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Surprisingly, the tropical climate didn’t pose any great difficulty to a guy covered head to toe in fur.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2025
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Part of the study's task is defining a system to calculate the appropriate levies for each country, taking into account factors like the regulatory regime, the business climate, existing tariffs, and whether there's a VAT in place.—
Ben Berkowitz,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The secondary bathroom is accented by a rich brown Emperador marble on the trim, tub surround, and floor tile.—
Kristen Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
29 Jan. 2025
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To the right is the sunken living room, which has a row of clerestory windows and a fireplace with a ceiling-height brick surround.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The slope, or steepness, of the tangent line measures how quickly the function is changing at that point.—
Solomon Adams,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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By 1643, René Descartes had discovered a simple relationship between the curvatures of any four circles that are tangent to each other.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Aug. 2023
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“Ambient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambient. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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