prism
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“It’s certainly the prism through which we see all the choices Carol makes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
"Through the prism of a crowded and remarkable past, she made incomparable company, carrying her memories lightly, and always with humour," India also wrote in her statement on Instagram.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
This structure consists of closely spaced parallel strips that interact with light similarly to a prism.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
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 ● Mar. 18, 2026
The north wall of the Library was made entirely of glass, with doors leading to a terraced greenhouse that refracted light like a prism.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
About the size of a cookie, each array contains eight quartz corner cube prisms mounted inside a dome shaped aluminum frame.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
And then there are the rectangular prisms jutting out of the floor, standing 20 feet apart from the last, with LED screens blasting clips from the movie into viewers’ subconscious.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
Images afterward show bags were placed around a few of Golestan’s massive chandeliers to catch any falling crystal prisms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
A projector with prisms tried to create the effect of gods walking across a rainbow.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
There was a crash like the falling parts of a dream fashioned out of warped glass, mirrors, and crystal prisms.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
Vocabulary lists containing prism
Geometry - Introductory
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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Geometry - Middle School
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