How to Use the environment in a Sentence

the environment

noun
  • Every day for about a week, the mice wore the goggles for roughly 40 minutes to adapt to the environment.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The magazine writes that an event guest had asked Kennedy about the environment.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
  • That’s good news for the environment, based on the Cornell findings.
    Byjane Thier, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Once again, this depends on the type of Christmas tree topper and the environment.
    Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
  • That needs to change for the environment and that needs to change because there’s good stuff out there that people are missing out on.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The program, called Beyond the Press, provides space, tools and the environment for artists to work on their projects for an entire year.
    Selene Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • What's more, pets do not transmit head lice, and lice do not infest the environment.
    USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • When the environment is too cold and damp for loafers or when an event is too formal for sneakers, ankle boots are the safest bet.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
  • What draws him back each year is the environment that the Alaska coaches create to help get eyes on the untapped talent in the 49th state.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • On the other, companies just out to make a quick buck with no concern for the customer or the environment.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In this case, a cow is not a negative factor on the environment.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Many of these synthetic substances take a long time to break down, which can be harmful to the environment.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • If the task is to drive a car, the environment includes everything around the vehicle.
    Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
  • They have been found in the environment across the globe, including in the bodies of people and animals.
    Chloe Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In the long run, replacing old appliances will help your bills and the environment.
    Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Peter Krouse covers the environment for cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
    Peter Krouse, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Falling appetite for beef is good news for the environment.
    Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Prions that live in brain and spinal matter, which are often parts of discard piles like the ones the wardens found, can survive in the environment for years.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Sodium is cheap and abundant compared to lithium, the large-scale mining of which is harmful to the environment.
    Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
  • More on the environment:This flower exists in only a tiny part of Kentucky.
    Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Water, land and the environment play a special role in Native Hawaiian culture and way of life.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The goal of a smaller aperture on a real camera is to 1) take in less light if the environment is too bright, and 2) have a bigger depth of field so more things are in focus.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The truth is that worrying about the environment does very little, anyway.
    Mia Taylor, Parents, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Increasingly, the money is tied to a raft of rules to benefit the environment.
    Roger Cohen Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • If the environment gets warmer, growers will have to choose new varieties, Caldwell said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In chess, for example, the environment includes the game board and possible moves.
    Stephen Ornes, WIRED, 18 Feb. 2024
  • All the while, around them, is a planet where the environment is losing the fight to continue on and where corporate industry is the only thing that still thrives.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Every year and a half or so, when those batteries need to be replaced and recycled, about 60 pounds of lead leak into the environment.
    Rachel Silverman Bonnifield, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But lovely objects like silk, diamonds, and marble often come at a cost to the environment and to the workers who produce them.
    Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The pair noted that a number of projects tacked contemporary themes such as concerns over the environment and climate change.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023

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