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lens

[lenz] / lɛnz /


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In that configuration, the gravity of the foreground black hole could have acted like a lens, bending light from the second jet behind it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

As an art-house film that satirizes American culture through the lens of a non-American like Inarritu, "Digger" was perhaps destined to be a heavy lift.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Here, Sorkin funnels his penchant for self-important sanctimoniousness through the journalism thriller’s always-intriguing lens.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Each one is a different lens into the same problem, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

I’d gotten it for a total steal on Craigslist because the lens cap was missing and the handle was broken, and even then it had wiped out my entire savings account.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

The smart glasses have allowed O'Connell to make speeches by reading a digital script that appears on the lenses of his glasses.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Around the corner, a humming high-tech machine presses glass into lenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

Two months in, the rose-colored lenses are especially obfuscating.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

He took them off and rotated the lenses while Spurge fiddled with the box.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin


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