ambient
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“You know,” he started, his voice suddenly louder than the ambient classic background rock playing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The dream of ambient computing is to be able to walk around and utter any request into thin air, like the high-powered voice computer system in “Her.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Public and communal resources can be easy to undervalue precisely because so much of their worth is ambient.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
North London-born Orbit, who real name was William Wainwright, helped to reinvigorate Madonna's career in 1998 with the album Ray of Light, which blended electronic dance music and ambient techno with pop and trip-hop.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Their faces blur, and their voices become one ambient hum like the noise of the bayou.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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