optics
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“The optics are bad and the repricing shows little confidence that the stock can recover to the original strikes on its own.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Senior figures both in the English game and in European football are aware of how bad the optics would be if City face strong sanctions yet still play in the Champions League.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The newlyweds also explained that, though they value privacy, optics are important for at least one very important reason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The instrument combines optics, masks, self-flexing mirrors, and sensors that are designed to suppress the overwhelming glare of a star.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
A critic, Ignatius Pardies, called Newton’s paper ‘a most ingenious hypothesis’, ‘an extraordinary hypothesis’ which, if true, would overturn the foundations of optics.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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