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prism

[priz-uhm] / ˈprɪz əm /


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Though she was a trailblazing woman in the industry, she didn’t want her contributions to be seen through the prism of her gender.

From The Wall Street Journal

Listen to Jamie Oliver Petrol Station: The only song of 2025 to address the need for tolerance through the prism of service station fast food.

From BBC

Language is an ideal prism through which a culture expresses its underlying mores.

From The Wall Street Journal

Viewed against such a prism, this foreshadows a period of sloppy price action or correction for the stock market.

From MarketWatch

Where England's Test side is concerned, everything is viewed through an urn-shaped prism.

From BBC