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
Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The ambient temperature of the walk-in cooler was above standard temperatures.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Add in some ambient lighting and a plant or two to brighten up the space, and your analog room is good to go.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
The scientists were able to create this film of gold supraballs under ambient room conditions, without needing a clean room or specialized equipment to generate extreme temperatures.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Rather than positioning the device as a phone replacement, Apple is framing it as an ambient companion, tightly integrated into its existing ecosystem of iPhone, Watch, and Vision Pro.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The ambient temperature of the walk-in cooler was above standard temperatures.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Add in some ambient lighting and a plant or two to brighten up the space, and your analog room is good to go.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
The scientists were able to create this film of gold supraballs under ambient room conditions, without needing a clean room or specialized equipment to generate extreme temperatures.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambient
Noun
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Development and testing activities will take place at Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente shipyard, which will serve as the reference environment for industrial validation and certification of the technology.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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It’s been a very forward-looking, stimulating environment.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Miller says the company has forged partnerships with tech giant Microsoft and Logitech, a Swiss maker of peripheral computer products like keyboards, headphones, and mice, to better understand how AI is changing work and what workspaces employees will need to support their new responsibilities.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Italy has traditionally oscillated between European leadership and peripheral frustration.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Adler’s version, as elegant and lyrical as Fisher’s, enumerates ways to use every last scrap, bone, and core—and introduced her as a writer who made art out of the marginal.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Learn your tax brackets A key reason to study your tax return, Smith said, is to become familiar with marginal tax rates.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Arquiste’s best-selling Nanban, for instance, conjures the aroma of a 17th-century galleon laden with coffee, leather, and saffron, while L’Or de Louis evokes the atmosphere of an orangerie at Versailles.—
April Long,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Historically, it's been thought these volcanic arcs were the primary culprits of injecting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.—
Ben Mather,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And studies show that maintaining even a small set of meaningful professional relationships has a stronger impact on career opportunities than amassing hundreds of weak or tangential connections.—
Kathy Caprino,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Ostensibly, though, the movie is meant to serve as the story of a tangential figure in the greater Wu Tang community, Dutch Moroccan rapper-producer Tarik Azzougarh, known to hip-hop fans as Cilvaringz.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But that changed in the 2000s, when post-op care became more encompassing after rearranging patients’ internal organs.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2026
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Equally important, these countries have coordinated policy stances within more encompassing multilateral frameworks, such as the United Nations and its agencies, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization, and the G-20.—
Stewart Patrick,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The energy output is designed to remain stable down to –50 degrees Celsius, supporting reliable operation in some of the harshest climates on Earth, reports InsideEVs.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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As the race to find alternative cooling tech heats up, researchers are exploring climate-friendly options such as elastocaloric cooling, a solid-state tech that moves heat through reversible phase transformations.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Since then, the bustling market serves the surrounding and significant Latino community and others.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Ambient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambient. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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