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prism

[priz-uhm] / ˈprɪz əm /


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Copper’s price rally has to be understood through this prism, Cryer maintains.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

This led Canada to view U.S. demands through a different prism than in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Of course, some people will view Brook's innings through the prism of what has come before.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Certain that Ingres had used something optical to achieve that quality, Hockney bought himself a camera lucida, a small device that works like a prism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

On the coach’s nightstand sat a bowl of water, a stack of golden drachmas, a flashlight, and a glass prism for making rainbows.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In practical terms, the test confirmed that ground teams can remotely control the instrument's various systems, including movable mechanisms that position its masks, color filters, lenses, and prisms.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

And then there are the rectangular prisms jutting out of the floor, standing 20 feet apart from the last, with LED screens blasting clips from the movie into viewers’ subconscious.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

Images afterward show bags were placed around a few of Golestan’s massive chandeliers to catch any falling crystal prisms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

And then there were their antlers: huge and branching, with a sheen like the play of prisms of warm gold.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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