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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

Cyclists completing the Whitehaven to Sunderland route are greeted with a view of Roker Lighthouse through an aperture, carved into a six-and-a-half-tonne slab of black granite.

From BBC Apr. 24, 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

Was it, I asked myself, a ray from the moon penetrating some aperture in the blind?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

To open it up to the street, the architects chose the motif of “frames, apertures and doorways.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

Fractions of a second count and he can change apertures and focuses with a flick of his finger without taking his eyes from his quarry.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2024

Dudley hopes to conduct further experiments, perhaps with a sequence of different apertures, to determine how birds navigate multiple obstacles.

From Science Daily Nov. 9, 2023

Despite the collection of doors and apertures in the set, the actors’ bodies inhabit it in limited ways.

From New York Times Sep. 19, 2022

Also, the bedroom has several valve apertures in its canvas.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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