ambient
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"The fact that we can boil water under ambient conditions is a big achievement."
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
Two toxic air contaminants present in California’s ambient air, acrolein and ethylene oxide, appear to be much stronger carcinogens than previously known, California environmental health officials announced Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
"We are working on basically adapting our public realm to do a couple of things to help to reduce ambient temperatures," Kit Larson, chief executive of the organization Houston Downtown+, told AFP.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Layers of equipment, from real medical devices to whiteboards scribbled with a patients’ statuses, add to the ambient authenticity of a set built like an open emergency department, not a television soundstage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
Vocabulary lists containing ambient
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Around and Around: Ambi
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