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
Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
Beyond the natural ambient lighting, one of my favorite aspects of the suite was the expansive walk-in closet, which easily accommodated our luggage.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
The spare bedroom of my apartment sits at an ambient 48 degrees Fahrenheit because the woodstove is upstairs and, shocker, heat rises.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
Inside, pixels are seen throughout, including four across the center of the steering wheel; these light up in the dark and add to the effect of ambient lighting, which is a central feature in the Ioniq 9.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Compared to the Active, the Active 2 also adds more advanced hardware like a barometer, a gyroscope, and an ambient light sensor.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
Beyond the natural ambient lighting, one of my favorite aspects of the suite was the expansive walk-in closet, which easily accommodated our luggage.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
The spare bedroom of my apartment sits at an ambient 48 degrees Fahrenheit because the woodstove is upstairs and, shocker, heat rises.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
Inside, pixels are seen throughout, including four across the center of the steering wheel; these light up in the dark and add to the effect of ambient lighting, which is a central feature in the Ioniq 9.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambient
Noun
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McDonald's and Meta, among other companies, have cited the legal environment as the basis for DEI policy changes.—
Carrie Shepherd,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Now, a team at Nagoya University in Japan has figured out two of the primary ways that these sneaky crickets manage to survive in such a hostile environment.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Additional peripheral mounts will be released in August, including the $99 Pro Flying surfaces for a joystick and throttle, the $189 Pro Desktop desk surface for a mouse and keyboard, and the $199 Pro Racing surfaces for a steering wheel and pedals.—
Will Greenwald,
PCMAG,
9 Jan. 2025
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In the early 2000s, the leadership team took a peripheral risk by investing in streaming technology—a bet that seemed uncertain at the time.—
ByMargie Warrell,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While many of the tax proposals relate to expirations in the 2017 Trump tax cuts, there’s no mention of the expiring marginal tax rates or standard deduction, suggesting the extensions may be under consideration separately.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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President Trump will likely receive a marginal boost, mostly from lukewarm partisans on both sides.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The researchers suggest that these white lights arise due to a combination of heating in the ionosphere due to the surrounding aurora, as well as the chemiluminescence of some other gases in the atmosphere, possibly nitrogen dioxide.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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Fire tornadoes occur when intense wind combines with conditions in the atmosphere to produce clouds of smoke that reach 20,000 to 40,000 feet, Swain said.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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That inadvertently led to one of the darkest tangential consequences of the building of the Sydney Opera House.—
Michael Y. Park,
Architectural Digest,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Scientists say ice core samples are useful tools for investigating how the planet’s climate has changed over time.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, the emphasis on outdoor living, with these types of homes utilizing courtyards, loggias, and terraces, makes the Mediterranean style perfect for the climate of South Florida.—
Lauren Gallow,
Architectural Digest,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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To the right is the living room, where there’s a gas fireplace with a jade-green tile surround and an ornate wood mantel with a mirror.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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The chapel reflected the Gothic Revival style with a high gabled slate roof, long, narrow Gothic arched windows with limestone surround and brick turret buttresses at the corners, according to the St. Joseph Historic Area Preservation Plan from 1991.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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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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That leaves us with the tangent function.—
Rhett Allain,
Wired,
14 Mar. 2022
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“Ambient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambient. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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