refract
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Apparently, a lot of folks feel seeing people in the real world is too taxing, and it's easier to refract your urge for connection to an app that offers only an inch-deep simulacrum.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025
Unlike the shallow foveae found in human eyes, bird eyes have deep central foveae, which refract the incoming light to a large extent.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2024
“We mourn her loss but it’s a comfort to know that her penetrating works will dazzle, shine and refract in the minds of readers for generations to come,” Farmer said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023
In its review, The Times noted that “Sands conveys George’s headlong passion for life with intelligence and a handsomeness that seems somehow to refract light with a special intensity.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023
But it could not show the mechanism which causes light to reflect or refract, or the particles that cause smells.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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