Sample Sentences for
environment
grouped by contextual meaning
(editor-reviewed)

environment as in:  the environmental movement

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She made the environment the top concern in her speech and warned against spoiling the earth.
environment = the natural world
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    Her lecture is on energy and the environment.
    environment = natural world
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    I am researching the environmental impact of electric cars.
    environmental = relating to the natural world
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    THE ENVIRONMENT, he wrote on the chalkboard, and added: OUR WORLD!  (source)
    ENVIRONMENT = the natural world
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    They didn't get many visitors in Snakewater, and there had been a lot of speculation about what a lawyer from the Environmental Protection Agency would want to see Alan Grant about.  (source)
    Environmental = relating to the quality of human, animal, and plant life
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    Once we tackle world hunger, then we can figure out how to fix the environment and solve the energy crisis.  (source)
    environment = the quality of human, animal, and plant life
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    I mean, it's more environmentally responsible.†  (source)
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    Consequently, the Environmental Impact Statement conveniently disappeared from the city files.  (source)
    Environmental Impact Statement = a report on the effects of certain actions upon the quality of human, animal, and plant life
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    His advisers, who had updates on infrastructure and some environmental concerns, were seated to one side, and the camera cut to show them.  (source)
    environmental = related to the natural world
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    We here at Mother Paula's All-American Pancake Houses, Inc., take pride in our strong commitment to the environment.  (source)
    environment = the quality of human, animal, and plant life
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    We do it in a very environmentally friendly way.†  (source)
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    Environmental Impact Statement.  (source)
    Environmental Impact Statement = a report on the effects of certain actions upon the quality of human, animal, and plant life
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    It is unquestionably beautiful, but its beauty is obscured by the environmental waste and loose trash that scatters the countryside.  (source)
    environmental = relating to the natural world
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    Generally speaking, surface mining is pretty bad for the environment.  (source)
    environment = natural world (the quality of human, animal, and plant life)
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environment as in:  her family environment

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    She does well in a competitive environment.
    environment = situation
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    It's not a good environment for raising children.
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    The company provides a comfortable working environment.
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    The program is optimized for the Windows environment.
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    Numerous environmental factors can impact expression of the gene.
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    But environments are never static for long.†  (source)
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    And it was in this environment that Procompsognathus lived.  (source)
    environment = surrounding conditions
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    Urban environments are way more energy efficient than rural ones.†  (source)
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    Sometimes these mutations occur during pregnancy. Sometimes they're inherited from one parent carrying the dominant gene. Sometimes they're caused by the interaction of many genes, possibly in combination with environmental factors.  (source)
    environmental = related to surrounding conditions
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    The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school.  (source)
    environment = surrounding conditions
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    Then we wore the suits outside and lay down in different environments, trying to spot each other.†  (source)
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    In other words, despite all of the environmental pressures from my neighborhood and community, I received a different message at home.  (source)
    environmental = relating to surrounding conditions
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    O victim of environment, underprivileged, rotten, no-count hood!  (source)
    environment = surrounding conditions
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