Ambit in a sentence as a noun

The hyperbolic conclusions people jump to about these stories are, effectively, ambit claims for the surveillance state.

But it does restrict the ambit of the possible for web properties to ones where the end-user both understands the value and is willing to pay the cost of the service being provided.

Ambit definitions

noun

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

See also: scope range reach orbit compass