as in surroundings
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
the joys of growing up in the environment that a small town offers
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Recent Examples of environments
Rather than relying on centralized data factories, this lightweight and scalable system allows data to be gathered across diverse real-world environments, enabling us to generate millions of hours of data per year.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
By integrating airborne launch platforms with FPV strike drones, the military is evaluating whether layered drone deployment can improve speed, flexibility, and survivability in contested environments.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
Pointed leaf tips are actually an advantage in shady environments where excess water on leaves could lead to fungus problems.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Sometimes referred to as obesogenic environments, neighborhoods with less access to fresh produce and grocery stores, or that lack sidewalks and green space, are risk factors for obesity, diabetes, and hypertension.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The team suggests that photochemistry and photophysics — chemistry and physics driven by light emissions — likely influences how those environments are shaped, but understanding just how will require more study.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Rather than learning purely from real-world trial and error, these systems absorb the rules of physics through simulation, practicing in digital environments where failure is cheap and fast.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
But as a general matter, companies that consider making the necessary capital investments to spur industrial production in the United States are looking for predictable policy environments, not tariffs that are imposed in the morning and withdrawn in the afternoon.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
However, what is abundantly clear is that in today’s complex work environments, genuine positivity holds the most power when combined with the courage to confront difficulties head-on.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
By integrating airborne launch platforms with FPV strike drones, the military is evaluating whether layered drone deployment can improve speed, flexibility, and survivability in contested environments.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
Pointed leaf tips are actually an advantage in shady environments where excess water on leaves could lead to fungus problems.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Sometimes referred to as obesogenic environments, neighborhoods with less access to fresh produce and grocery stores, or that lack sidewalks and green space, are risk factors for obesity, diabetes, and hypertension.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The team suggests that photochemistry and photophysics — chemistry and physics driven by light emissions — likely influences how those environments are shaped, but understanding just how will require more study.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Rather than learning purely from real-world trial and error, these systems absorb the rules of physics through simulation, practicing in digital environments where failure is cheap and fast.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
But as a general matter, companies that consider making the necessary capital investments to spur industrial production in the United States are looking for predictable policy environments, not tariffs that are imposed in the morning and withdrawn in the afternoon.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
However, what is abundantly clear is that in today’s complex work environments, genuine positivity holds the most power when combined with the courage to confront difficulties head-on.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for environments
Noun
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Until sound effects, tones, and grating atmospheres rub right up against the dialogue.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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That’s unfortunate, as a number of important phenomena, from the earliest galaxies to the features of exoplanet atmospheres, are only detectable at infrared wavelengths.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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The corrosion likely accumulated over time as the plane was continuously exposed to salt air and marine climates, with it being primarily based in first Barbados and then Fort Lauderdale.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Its large, dark green, leathery leaves measure 6 to 12 inches long, and remain on the tree year-round in warm climates.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the sanitized and alienating new surrounds, with the camaraderie of the early Hyperion days but a faint memory, long-simmering discontent about working conditions wouldn’t take long to boil over.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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While the large spring-fed lake serves as the centerpiece of this area, there’s much more to Lake Geneva and its surrounds.—
Katy Spratte Joyce,
Midwest Living,
31 Mar. 2026
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The firm described this optimization as more impactful than the TurboQuant paper published last month by Google, underscoring the importance of memory efficiency as models scale to longer contexts.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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In other words, the ECJ has carved out a comfortable, but not infinite, legal space for sampling and other creative interpolations in such contexts.—
Andrew Flanagan,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Environments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/environments. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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