Examples of prism in a Sentence
Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
That tradition offers Nicholson a philosophical prism through which to view his mostly autobiographical art.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
In the Curiosity Zone, kids will have the opportunity to get hands-on with everything from building and launching their own foam rockets to manipulating light beams at an optics table using prisms and mirrors.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
Hart’s research probed the structure of Coxeter groups, more general versions of structures that catalog the symmetries of polygons and prisms.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
Director Andrew Haigh is a master of character dramas that verge on the surreal and/or horrifying, and All of Us Strangers sounds like a cross between his 2011 romance Weekend and his 2015 venture 45 Years, which examines a married couple’s relationship through the prism of an unresolved tragedy.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2023
On Webb, thermometers and prisms have been replaced with dozens of filters and intricate mechanisms.
—Kate Larue, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
This is the prism through which these capitalists see artificial intelligence.
—Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
For the Marlins, every decision will be made through the prism of what leaves the organization in the best position over the next two or three years.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Late Latin prismat-, prisma, from Greek, literally, anything sawn, from priein to saw
1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Prism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prism. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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