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aperture

[ap-er-cher] / ˈæp ər tʃər /


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In the video’s limited aperture, Gamble’s arrest alongside a suburban highway could have been anywhere.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

He brought out Kehlani for “Folded,” another perfectly regal ballad that revels in a small aperture.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Expanding the receiver aperture can improve results, but only up to a certain limit.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Narrator Jodie Foster widens the film’s aperture a bit early on, referring to the period “between Watergate and the Bicentennial” as the documentary’s focus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

And with no controls—no aperture control, no focus—she learned to be creative in the ways she manipulated her camera and her scene.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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