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ambient

adjective as in circulating

adjective as in encompassing

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noun as in ambience

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noun as in medium

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Verstappen's last remark highlights an issue with the system whereby if the dry ice cannot be kept cold for long enough, the fluid in the system takes on the ambient temperature around the tank.

From BBC

I’ve written so many songs while getting a massage in the mall, because there’s always ambient music that you can’t totally make out.

This is a nightmare realization of an ambient fear that people of color and gay folks in this country learn to live with.

From Salon

That's because the vest fitted with the cooling system is an insulator and the liquid can end up hotter than the ambient temperature because of the temperature of the cars.

From BBC

Then, she dreams of dishes to the buoyant and ambient song, “Future Perfect” by Durutti Column and chows down to the energetic tune of “To Make You Happy” by Tommy McGee.

From Salon

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

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