optic

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Three weeks ago, the Oscars production team loaded its equipment into the Dolby Theatre: more than 800 lighting fixtures, a custom PA system and massive fiber optic cables that run underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Those signals travel through nerve cells at the back of the eye and then through the optic nerve to the brain, where images are formed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Fiber optic cables were lighter than copper, more of the value in GDP was in ideas not physical goods, et cetera.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Both Digital Realty and Equinix control real estate in sought-after locales like Northern Virginia, Illinois and Northern California, with prime access to electricity, fiber optic capacity and key customers.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

He’d even painted the room, from its sky blue to a barren, optic white.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee