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prism

[priz-uhm] / ˈprɪz əm /


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In her view, every decision on energy policy should be judged through the prism of whether it reduces prices.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

This structure consists of closely spaced parallel strips that interact with light similarly to a prism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

The L.A.-based Iraqi painter Ali Eyal, who left his home country in 2017, experienced the fires through the prism of his tumultuous youth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Like other reformers, including Catherine Bauer and Edith Elmer Wood, Simkhovitch saw slums through the narrow prism of their deplorable physical conditions, such as overcrowding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Even when Stravinsky borrowed from Russian ethnic folk music, which he did in several of his Diaghilev ballet scores, he did so in order to distort it through some mischievous prism.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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