aperture
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The analyst also points to rising competitive pressure, with one rival now selling sonar systems independently and customers questioning the “cost of synthetic aperture sonar relative to the rapidly falling costs of autonomous vessels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
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
He brought out Kehlani for “Folded,” another perfectly regal ballad that revels in a small aperture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
He snapped the back of the camera shut and chose the appropriate shutter and aperture settings, which controlled the amount of light the film would be exposed to.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
To open it up to the street, the architects chose the motif of “frames, apertures and doorways.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Fractions of a second count and he can change apertures and focuses with a flick of his finger without taking his eyes from his quarry.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024
Only when approaching the smallest apertures, which were half a wingspan wide, would the birds automatically resort to the tuck and glide, even though they were unfamiliar with the setup.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
Despite the collection of doors and apertures in the set, the actors’ bodies inhabit it in limited ways.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Other than this there were no openings or apertures through which light could seep.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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