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prism

[priz-uhm] / ˈprɪz əm /


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The twisted woods would slowly become a prism of color, the lights growing brighter and brighter with each passing hour.

From Literature

And yet his career should not be judged through the prism of these failures.

From BBC

Bond traders mostly agree that the Fed sees the current situation through that prism: An ounce of prevention now is worth a pound of cure.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

“Defiance” offers a prism on Syria’s authoritarian society before the 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war, and vivid snapshots of the devastation that the war unleashed.

From Los Angeles Times