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ambient

[am-bee-uhnt] / ˈæm bi ənt /


ADJECTIVE
encompassing
Synonyms
NOUN
ambience
Synonyms






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The team located the magma through ambient noise tomography, a technique commonly used by seismologists to examine structures hidden below the surface.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

The eerie ambient music that drives “Obsession” — so artfully serrated and delicately mangled by Burwell — emerged from a counterintuitive creative nuance that AI could never capture.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The Typhur Sync Gold Quad, meanwhile, tracks several foods at once, plus the ambient temperature, so you can stop obsessively lifting the lid and enjoy the people gathered around the fire.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

While the tracks blend without interruption, many are stitched together with brief ambient interludes, during which Madonna often offers spiritual incantations about the healing power of music.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Movements and the rustle of clothing, the tapping of feet, the ambient whispering, suddenly stopped.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin




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