prism

Example Sentences

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This structure consists of closely spaced parallel strips that interact with light similarly to a prism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

And yet his career should not be judged through the prism of these failures.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“Defiance” offers a prism on Syria’s authoritarian society before the 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war, and vivid snapshots of the devastation that the war unleashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Much of EU policymaking is now being viewed through the prism of sovereignty.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

And now there would be no further instructions, no way for another word to pass from her father’s lips into the bright prism of the still-living world.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee