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ambient

[am-bee-uhnt] / ˈæm bi ənt /


ADJECTIVE
encompassing
Synonyms
NOUN
ambience
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Public and communal resources can be easy to undervalue precisely because so much of their worth is ambient.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

The tools, called ambient AI scribes, are used by about 40% of GPs in the UK.

From BBC Sep. 3, 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

Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Movements and the rustle of clothing, the tapping of feet, the ambient whispering, suddenly stopped.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin




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