1
as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the city and its environs total about a million in population
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as in vicinity
an adjoining region or space
you can get just about any kind of ethnic food in the environs of the university
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as in surroundings
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
growing up in the environs of the big city endowed him with a certain urbanity
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as in surrounds
to form a circle around
a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs
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Recent Examples of environs
Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
Beckham is clearly a celebrity befitting the LA environs.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
The beach environs is a reset of the yearslong Hyde Park event.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2022
The offerings are perfectly paired with the transportive environs.
—William Li, Town & Country, 8 July 2022
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Plural noun
But Kapoor’s love for these oddballs and their environs is consistently infectious.
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Commissioner Andrew Brink said several new residences are in development in the area and the proposal seemed compatible with its surroundings.—
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Spas are also offering treatments that emphasize connecting with natural surroundings.—
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Seasonal rains help replenish our hillsides and open spaces, turning them vibrant green and reminding us of the natural beauty that surrounds our neighborhoods.—
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Bubble fears surrounds stocks within the Magnificent 7 — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla — as well as Oracle and Softbank and other tech companies’ multi-billion-dollar investments in the unrelenting buildout of humungous data centers to power their AI systems.—
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“Environs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/environs. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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