aperture
Example Sentences
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“Hang the Moon” might strike some as a significant departure, but it still feels of a piece with her more personal excavations of rural lives, with the aperture opened up to different classes and histories.
From Los Angeles Times
“These recordings may not be scientifically sound, but it’s a whole other way of communicating knowledge, a different aperture of experience.”
From New York Times
They are seeking to widen the conservative aperture in their quest to suppress and reverse, to promote a universal vision on oppression, to apply uniform pressure.
From Seattle Times
What they wanted and fought for with the greatest fervor was a return of the American asylum system set at its widest possible aperture.
From Washington Times
Officials say one reason so many unidentified aerial vehicles are suddenly being identified is because the Pentagon has widened the aperture and search parameters.
From Washington Post
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