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ambit

noun as in extent

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“The drafters of the Espionage Act did not intend for publishers to fall within its ambit,” Stella Assange wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Before I moved to Los Angeles, I was a theater critic and editor for the Village Voice, where my ambit was principally the downtown theater scene.

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“Clearly, criminal actions taken by a president well outside the ambit of his official responsibilities should receive no immunity.”

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"I am given to understand the ambit of state security is widening," she added.

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Manesar always insists that he and his team work with the administration and within the ambit of law.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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