Thesaurus results for ENVIRONMENTS

environments

noun

plural of environment

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 And in one case, AI models even worked together to break free from their test environments. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 Architecture is morphing into a pan-disciplinary practice, where architects leave conventional practice to apply their thinking at the intersection of strategy, branding, graphic design, and spatial environments. — Lauren Sinclair, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026 Leaders must bridge this gap by embedding engineering teams directly into diverse customer environments early on and requiring them to build for real-world operational parameters, not assumptions. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Intellisense Systems will develop goggles that allow aircrews to continue flying in environments where a nuclear flash could otherwise disrupt a mission. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 The complaint, filed on behalf of workers by hospitality union UNITE HERE Local 11, claims employees were required to work in environments containing maggots, mold, cockroaches, excessive heat and inadequate supplies such as soap and paper towels. — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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At the end of the day, both conferences feature great fanbases, historic, iconic venues, outstanding crowd atmospheres and elite, blue blood programs.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Scientists have observed this instability pattern in lake and ocean waves, cloud formation and the atmospheres of large gaseous planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of atmospheres

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Neither are ideal, but this hasn’t prevented City fans from generating a decent atmosphere inside their new surrounds, particularly during last season’s run-in when the final nine home games were all won.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
One skyscraper amidst a sea of them, the Four Seasons San Francisco at Embarcadero blends in with its surrounds.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026

Definition of surrounds

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Yet historical symbols often outlive the contexts in which they were created, and the American alligator bears the imprint of a long racial history.

— The Conversation, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
In corporate contexts, deals fall apart when payments get stuck in regulatory mazes or take too long to convert into foreign currency.

— Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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