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an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
many feel that church leaders stray outside of their proper ambit when they make specific political endorsements
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Recent Examples of ambit
Last year, it was announced that the paper would no longer issue endorsements in local elections, and the ambit of the excellent Metro section has narrowed considerably.
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
For enterprise users, Canva has expanded its ambit to include access management, Secure Single Sign-On integrations, and bulk content creation tools like Magic Studio at Scale which auto-generates campaigns using data templates.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The issue before us is whether his mere claim of extraordinary harm justifies this court's immediate review, which would essentially remove the legal issues from the district court's ambit before its proceedings have concluded.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2025
The data and tooling that informs 360 campaigns should be well-defined within the ambit of your governance and compliance frameworks to prevent the compromise of user privacy or the implementation of unfair or biased algorithms.
—Runki Goswami, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
For enterprise users, Canva has expanded its ambit to include access management, Secure Single Sign-On integrations, and bulk content creation tools like Magic Studio at Scale which auto-generates campaigns using data templates.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The issue before us is whether his mere claim of extraordinary harm justifies this court's immediate review, which would essentially remove the legal issues from the district court's ambit before its proceedings have concluded.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2025
The data and tooling that informs 360 campaigns should be well-defined within the ambit of your governance and compliance frameworks to prevent the compromise of user privacy or the implementation of unfair or biased algorithms.
—Runki Goswami, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambit
Noun
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While measuring long-term effects was outside the study’s scope, the team believes lasting impacts would have been minimal.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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But the doctor said the follow-up scope was necessary to check for cancer.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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The logistics are the realm of Gary Douglas, the academy’s head of operations.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The cycle marches on, unaware of, though not untouched by, the joys and the tragedies of the human realm.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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Dozens are still missing and officials warn the full extent of the devastation in remote towns of 500 to 1,000 residents remains unknown.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, all judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket damages (excluding attorneys’ fees) associated with participation in this Promotion and shall not include any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Ambit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambit. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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