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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as in peripheral
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Recent Examples of ambient
Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025
Included on the technical side of things are features such as ambient occlusion and global illumination, new graphical features not found in any other version of the game, as well as the ray traced shadows and reflections that were first featured in the current-gen console versions.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Over time, temperatures above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or an ambient humidity above 50 percent, will begin to separate out the fats and sugars in chocolate, wrecking its texture and giving it not-so-lovely white speckles and streaks.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2025
The cooler itself had an improper ambient temperature and was likely broken.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
With ambient IoT, there’s no need to make small, wasteful batteries or find ways to wirelessly power over distance.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025
Included on the technical side of things are features such as ambient occlusion and global illumination, new graphical features not found in any other version of the game, as well as the ray traced shadows and reflections that were first featured in the current-gen console versions.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Over time, temperatures above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or an ambient humidity above 50 percent, will begin to separate out the fats and sugars in chocolate, wrecking its texture and giving it not-so-lovely white speckles and streaks.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2025
The cooler itself had an improper ambient temperature and was likely broken.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambient
Noun
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With Republicans holding majorities in both the Senate and House, Trump faces a favorable environment to advance his legislative agenda.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The broader market environment favors this separation, with Middleby RemainCo aiming to capitalize on the increasing adoption of automation, ventless kitchens, and digitalized food service operations.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Later, the New York Post reported, she was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, a brain bleed, partial paralysis and loss of peripheral vision on her right side.—
Debra J. Saunders,
Orange County Register,
26 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The stock has made a marginal new high and has now traced out a pair of lower highs.—
Bill Sarubbi,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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California remained nearly the same, with a marginal change from 83,003 to 83,032 (+29), and New York showed a slight decrease from 69,048 to 69,002 (-46).—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fewer people on the slopes is also a huge bonus for skiers and the mountain atmosphere is much more relaxed.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Serving many different customers The advantages of such a platform include superior image quality, less congested orbits, and natural debris removal as inoperable satellites are pulled down into Earth's atmosphere and burnt up.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There are implications that the two central fathers of the piece have clashed before, though the more jarring examples of tangential threads concern a performing troupe with whom Tornado has a pre-existing relationship.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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This rare geopolitical climate may not bode well for Iran's prospects of finally receiving state-of-the-art Russian weaponry.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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That effort to address the climate crisis could further tighten supplies of coffee beans.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Another new trick is the ability to add Bose's Ultra Open Earbuds for personalized surround, which creates an almost AR effect.—
Ryan Waniata,
WIRED,
30 Nov. 2024
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Its sound quality is superb, with deep bass and crisp, clear vocals, and the DTS Headphone:X surround tech adds a lot to the experience.—
Shubham Yewale,
PCMAG,
25 Feb. 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,
WIRED,
23 Feb. 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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