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ambits

noun

plural of ambit

as in realms

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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These bog bodies tell stories of a time when humans were sacrificed to the gods in bogs, as otherworldly margins between the human and divine realms, or when social outcasts met a cruel, violent end for failing to conform to societal standards.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Dante populated his realms of Hell and Purgatory with figures, monsters and moral frameworks borrowed directly from classical Greek and Roman myths.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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Confining Employees To Rigid Roles As a business grows, team members with rigid, constrained scopes may stop working or supporting others outside their existing scope.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026
These involve a cancer screening test, followed by a surgical procedure involving robotic scopes.

— Tara Molina, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026

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What emerges is a picture of migratory birds that is both more complicated and more remarkable than the simple arrows pointing between breeding and wintering ranges on a map.

— Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Her shoe wardrobe ranges from classic block-heel ballerinas to whimsical dainty sandals adorned with lemons.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranges

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Rather than cram more transistors onto a single layer of silicon, Huawei is stacking chips in three dimensions.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Full-scale, 10-foot Hulk standins helped actors and camera crews judge his dimensions on set, and even his pants required careful attention.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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