prism
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Cycling is viewed through the prism of individual glory, but it’s mostly a sport of submission, individuals sacrificing on behalf of a team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Copper’s price rally has to be understood through this prism, Cryer maintains.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“It’s certainly the prism through which we see all the choices Carol makes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They also examined spectra, which are created when light is separated into its component wavelengths, much like a prism creating a rainbow.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 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
On Saturday evening, engineers turned their attention to the element wheel, which contains filters, prisms, and other optical components.
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
But he could see the prisms in the deep dark water and the line stretching ahead and the strange undulation of the calm.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing prism
Geometry - Introductory
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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Geometry - Middle School
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