ambit

Example Sentences

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The variety of tones he elicited from this instrument helped make the ambit of the tribute clear.

From New York Times

“Instead, you have attempted to blame others for infrastructure that is within DOT’s ambit of responsibilities.”

From Washington Times

Part homage, part psychological investigation, this novelized portrait of Huisman’s mother captures the life of a charismatic, unstable and exasperating woman — as well as the experience of growing up in her ambit.

From New York Times

Such a pre-verification approach would create obstacles for thousands of peer-to-peer currencies that thrive on being outside the ambit of regulatory scrutiny.

From Reuters

The ambit of my world became no larger than my neighborhood.

From New York Times