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

Instead of relying on heavy metal catalysts, the reaction is activated by an LED lamp at ambient temperature.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

It extended the Clean Air Act to areas that already have clean air—ones that meet the protective “national ambient air quality standards” set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Governing body the FIA has proposed a compromise whereby the ratio is measured both at ambient temperature and 130C.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Their faces blur, and their voices become one ambient hum like the noise of the bayou.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton