environment.
environmental.
environmentalism.
environmentalist.
1300–50; Middle English envirounen < Old French environner, derivative of environ around ( en en- 1 + viron a circle; vir ( er ) to turn, veer 1 + -on noun suffix)
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Sans compter sa pure ténacité — il en est à plus de 4000 pièces dans 32 pays, dont environ 1500 à Paris.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
The Beach Boys song remains familiar and hummable, but not overly so; it’s warm and inviting, even as it picks up in cadence and transports you to a smooth new environ.
From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2021
As part of this environ, 5 to 7 percent of the faculty and about 5 percent of the staff is volunteers performing service.
From Slate • Jul. 15, 2015
On a gray night, with smoke rising from the manholes, the environ looked film-noir-esque from the window view.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2015
A steel band appeared to compress and still more tightly environ his brain, until a deathlike swoon terminated simultaneously both agony and sensation.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
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