optic
Example Sentences
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Searle lives with dominant optic atrophy, a genetic eye condition which affects his vision and for which he wears contact lenses.
From BBC
As protesters take on a powerful opposition, a silly costume takes control of the optics.
From BBC
Swedish soldiers participating in the exercise were handed $20,000 night-vision optics that broke because the aluminum in the goggles couldn’t handle the minus 40 degree Fahrenheit conditions.
“The optics of this are terrible in the context of an ongoing war,” said Mark Bathgate, chief executive of Tweeddale Advisors, a policy consultant in London for investment firms.
Thousands of ecstatic supporters greeted her in the Norwegian capital, a publicity coup for the opposition and another round of bad optics for Maduro’s embattled administration.
From Los Angeles Times
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