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aperture

[ap-er-cher] / ˈæp ər tʃər /


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In the video’s limited aperture, Gamble’s arrest alongside a suburban highway could have been anywhere.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

The 2025/26 away kit, manufactured by sportswear firm Hummel, features a repeating geometric pattern showing the lighthouse, viewed through a circular design resembling the sculpture's aperture.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The outcome is a virtual synthetic aperture that is far larger than any individual sensor.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

Narrator Jodie Foster widens the film’s aperture a bit early on, referring to the period “between Watergate and the Bicentennial” as the documentary’s focus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Strange and beguiling new words swirled in her head: f-stop, aperture.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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