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aperture

[ap-er-cher] / ˈæp ər tʃər /


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They will come with an improved camera that allows users to adjust the lens aperture.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

“We think of them becoming one of the defining companies building open-weight models and specialized enterprise intelligence. We think there’s an aperture for a highly proficient American solution,” Tanger told me.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

But there was, indeed, a brief aperture of time in the pressure cooker of 2020 when it all seemed possible.

From Slate Aug. 17, 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

Forcefully the snake launched his great body at the opening, crumbling earth and rock as he pushed his coils through the aperture.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

Only when approaching the smallest apertures, which were half a wingspan wide, would the birds automatically resort to the tuck and glide, even though they were unfamiliar with the setup.

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

Other than this there were no openings or apertures through which light could seep.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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