Thesaurus results for AMBIT

ambit

noun

ˈam-bət

as in scope

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 on the Web Smith, moreover, has based the charges on the constitutionally fraught issue of a president’s state of mind while carrying out actions that — even if malevolent — were within the ambit of executive authority. —

Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024 There, a 5–4 majority ruled that former presidents have immunity from civil lawsuits for actions within the ambit of official executive duties. —

Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023 The Indian intelligence agencies, who are free from legislative oversight, fall within the ambit of Doval in his role as national security advisor. —

Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023 In 1619, René Descartes resolved to transform the study of philosophy—a broad ambit that at the time embraced mathematics and the study of nature. —

David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for ambit

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