ambience
noun
am·bi·ence
ˈam-bē-ən(t)s 
ˈäm-bē-än(t)s
variants
or ambiance
: a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere
The restaurant's soft music and candlelight gave it a romantic ambience.
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Each of the 70 rooms features unique decor that matches the hotel's eccentric ambience, and the location is ideal for travelers wanting to experience the Hollywood nightlife scene without having to travel too far from their rooms.
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Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
For the first half of the scene, director John G. Avildsen withholds any music — allowing the ambience of the announcers, the crowd, and the punches to build — until halfway through, a foreboding bell speeds us into the final, decisive round.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
The project — Mills’s attempt to grapple with what might happen to humans journeying via spacecraft toward and through a black hole — expresses the potential distortions of time and reality through glistening ambience, propulsive percussion, swirling synth storms and interstellar sound effects.
—Mike Rubin, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Engineers custom built a sealed clean room with a 24-foot ceiling, and anyone entering had to don head-to-toe white bunny suits and blue latex gloves, lending day-to-day activities the ambience of a crime scene.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
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Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
For the first half of the scene, director John G. Avildsen withholds any music — allowing the ambience of the announcers, the crowd, and the punches to build — until halfway through, a foreboding bell speeds us into the final, decisive round.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
The project — Mills’s attempt to grapple with what might happen to humans journeying via spacecraft toward and through a black hole — expresses the potential distortions of time and reality through glistening ambience, propulsive percussion, swirling synth storms and interstellar sound effects.
—Mike Rubin, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Engineers custom built a sealed clean room with a 24-foot ceiling, and anyone entering had to don head-to-toe white bunny suits and blue latex gloves, lending day-to-day activities the ambience of a crime scene.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
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ambience
noun
am·bi·ence
variants
or ambiance
: a feeling or mood that is related to a particular place, person, or thing
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