environment
noun
the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
environments
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pluralof environment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many operate on tight margins, with limited access to finance, high borrowing costs and unpredictable tax environments.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
For glioblastoma, the results raise the possibility that highly viscous environments may favor cancer cells that are better adapted to invasion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
In a recent study by the nonprofit, researchers prompted AI models to describe their surroundings in two randomly labeled environments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
The movie is disturbing precisely because it so accurately recreates the environments of the likes of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” or “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” just with a lot more menace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Moriori and Maori history constitutes a brief, small-scale natural experiment that tests how environments affect human societies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
