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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

We only know them through the prism of men: Jane lusts after Yoga Dude, Coco rages at Roger, Sophie is bullied by her boss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“If you’re still looking at us through the prism of left and right, you’re going to be mystified,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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

She saw only her dreams of freedom turning bright and wild, like a rainbow glimpsed through a prism.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

Traditional spectrometers work by splitting light into its component colors using prisms or gratings, then measuring the intensity of each wavelength.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 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

Giant windows, cut into facets that held the light like prisms, climbed up the tallest towers.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo


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