prism

Example Sentences

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“Defiance” offers a prism on Syria’s authoritarian society before the 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war, and vivid snapshots of the devastation that the war unleashed.

From Los Angeles Times

Kate Movius moved among a roomful of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, passing out a pop trivia quiz and paper prism glasses.

From Los Angeles Times

Much of EU policymaking is now being viewed through the prism of sovereignty.

From Barron's

While the prime minister's interventions on Monday and Wednesday were seen by officials through the prism of diplomacy and the reaction they might provoke, his remarks on Friday were approached with a different mindset.

From BBC

It feels so wonderful to get this for a movie that was made so organically and rose up through not through the prism of business, but through the prism of friendship.

From Los Angeles Times