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ambient

[am-bee-uhnt] / ˈæm bi ənt /


ADJECTIVE
encompassing
Synonyms
NOUN
ambience
Synonyms






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If the liquid cannot be kept cool, it reverts to car temperature, which is considerably higher than ambient.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

That ethereal, ambient thing at the end kills me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Public and communal resources can be easy to undervalue precisely because so much of their worth is ambient.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

And they facilitate the ambient sociability that gives bricks-and-mortar a chance against e-commerce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Janice simply ignored them, directing us instead, figuring in her head the positions of the preachers, the crowd, Kwang, paletting their various skin tones into an ambient mix for the media.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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