as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
many feel that church leaders stray outside of their proper ambit when they make specific political endorsements
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Recent Examples of ambit
Yet the kind of misrepresentations experienced by Tkachuk and Harris aren’t within the ambit of intimate imagery laws.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2026
When infused with the power of a rising hegemon, those men were capable of actions that expanded their empire’s ambit.
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Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Bring high-risk suppliers under the ambit of continuous control monitoring and provide them with only the least privileged access.
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Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2026
When infused with the power of a rising hegemon, those men were capable of actions that expanded their empire’s ambit.
—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Bring high-risk suppliers under the ambit of continuous control monitoring and provide them with only the least privileged access.
—
Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ambit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambit
Noun
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The movement lacks central leadership and messaging, but its scope has expanded beyond the environmental complaints that sparked it.
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The agency has not indicated when that review will conclude, and the final scope of any patent could change during the examination process.
Noun
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What if Baahubali dies and has to go through the 14 realms of the afterlife in Indian mythology?
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He’s transported to a realm of Tolkienesque fantasy, deposited somewhere between the Stony Waste and the Frozen Sea.
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Oliver may have lived her own world to some extent, but that world was still the real one.
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In bumping off Ecuador 2-0 Tuesday night in the friendly confines of Estadio Azteca, Mexico has set up Telemundo (and to a lesser extent, Fox) for a post-holiday blockbuster against England.
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“Ambit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambit. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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