lens
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"This is especially true if you're using any sort of magnifying lens attachment on the phone."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The cone-shaped system collects sunlight with a Fresnel lens approximately the size of a household window and channels that light into an optical fiber about as wide as a human hair.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Chef’s Table” showed me that food could be a lens through which to understand culture, grief, resilience, identity, and community.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Viewed through one lens, the yen appears undervalued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Fadi took his camera from his backpack and removed the lens cap.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Though he says you must keep them in a safe place to ensure the coating on the lenses isn't torn, worn or damaged, as that would make them unsafe to use again.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Sales of these lenses jumped by 24 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
He said: "My kilt is in the bag so and I don't have that and my contact lenses are in the bag so I can't see the game but we'll make it work."
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Because the metasurface itself concentrates the incoming radiation, external focusing components such as silicon lenses are unnecessary.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
He took his sunglasses off with the tip of one wing and showed Zeke a crack running through one of the lenses.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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