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lens

[lenz] / lɛnz /


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Finally, residents of Linton-on-Ouse in north Yorkshire stare down the barrel of a lens on the front page of the Daily Express, under the headline: "You are not listening!"

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

But it does mean that the permabulls, too, are viewing the world through a distorted lens.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

It’s interesting to look at Anthropic’s S-1 from the lens of Slok’s analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The lens is always — always — zooming until Ten’s stress becomes contagious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It was as though he’d been peering through a narrow lens and the aperture began to widen to take in the entire landscape in a kind of efflorescent illumination.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The quality of the lenses was amazing, she thought.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

He appears already sporting a pair of white-out contact lenses to give him the zombified look, noting, “It’s blurry, but I can see.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Traditionally, producing and controlling such light has often involved specialized materials, carefully designed surfaces, or powerful lenses that focus beams extremely tightly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

‘I would say urgency means we’re going to look at every cost with aggressive lenses and with the lenses that everything that is not related to growth will not be part of the company.’

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Imagine those first Portuguese adventurers approaching the shore, spying on the jungle’s edge through their fitted brass lenses.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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