ambient

Example Sentences

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The frustration was broader, an ambient sense of national failure in the air.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

"Even the first nanopixels were stable for two weeks under ambient conditions," says Bert Hecht, describing the result.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

From 1 June, the compression ratio will be measured at 130C as well as ambient temperature, and from next year only at 130C.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Instead of narration, unobtrusive captions appeared on screen with price, provenance or other details about various market items, leaving room for the ambient sounds to come to the fore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

In general, the microbiology experiments were not carried out at the low ambient Martian temperatures, and most did not provide long incubation times.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan