aperture
Example Sentences
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It’s a study in negative space, each individual form offering a grainy aperture that holds our interest due to the minor similarities to and differences from the ones surrounding it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
A hermit crab will inspect a shell with care, running antennae and claws over its contours, before delicately lowering its rear end into the aperture.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
"I learned how to shoot at night, adjust shutter speed and aperture," said Keerthi, who lives in the Tenkasi district.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025
When Elwood meets Turner, Ross begins to switch between their vantage points, widening the film’s emotional aperture in the process.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024
Within the ranks of his arcane field—an advanced technology called synthetic aperture radar, or SAR—he is an eminence.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.