How to Use in 3-D in a Sentence
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One solution might be to just not see the film in 3-D at all.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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In the immediate term, the project is working on embedding data in 3-D space.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2021
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Cafe Reissue is one of several cafés which specialize in 3-D latte art.
—ELLE, 27 Jan. 2023
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Interested parties can view the estate’s front gates in 3-D via Sketchfab.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
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Finding a bunch of stuff in amber is much better than finding the same stuff in rock layers because the amber preserves it in 3-D.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2016
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So far, 61% of grosses have been for screenings in 3-D, according to Disney.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
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Or rather in 3-D printing, tulle, Mylar, lace, silicon and organza.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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Such employees could be immersed in 3-D training and simulations.
—Erik Van Vulpen, Forbes, 3 June 2022
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In the metaverse, customers would be able to visit virtual retail outlets and try out products in 3-D and at full scale before buying.
—Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
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Being with my friends and family ‘in 3-D’ — as opposed to on a flat Zoom screen — flooded me with a visceral sense of gratitude.
—Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2023
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The scene was shot entirely in 3-D, with theatregoers instructed to don their glasses beforehand.
—Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
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Each one was crafted using ground-breaking new techniques in 3-D ink layering, 3-D marquetry, and laser etching.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
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Mural with a portrait of Octavia Butler and her name, composed of dots of various densities in 3-D space.
—Lynell George, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
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Jaws will not only be in theaters, but in Imax and in 3-D, so most of us will finally get to watch Steven Spielberg’s classic on a huge screen.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2022
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Wu teamed up with Obielodan, an engineering professor with expertise in 3-D printing.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D is finally getting a sequel.
—Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2020
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Battery so far has focused on investing in startups that could use 3-D printing technology rather than in 3-D printer makers.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
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Dunne’s forms—meticulously draped and padded in 3-D—represent a one-man conceptual design renaissance that hasn’t been seen in London for years.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2022
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Luxury watch replicas have evolved over time due to advancements in tech, which now factor in 3-D printers and CNC machines for more accurate fakes.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
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This means that a lot of viewers will spend a lot of money to see Fire and Ash in 3-D and then wonder why half the movie is in SoapOperaVision™.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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The company has used the Outward acquisition to render its products in 3-D to deploy for partnerships with platforms such as Pinterest.
—Ann-Marie Alcántara, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2022
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To toss a cherry on top of their findings, scientists also reconstructed Hallucigenia in 3-D, and reconstructed its walking gait.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2015
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Inspired by this capability, scientists have developed a fingerlike device that maps an object's internal structures in 3-D by touching its surface.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
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Mental Canvas is a software program that allows users to make 2-D images in 3-D space, creating images and illustrations that viewers can fly through, steer around and explore.
—Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
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There are at least twenty fusion startups now, all benefitting from technological advances in 3-D printing and artificial intelligence.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
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With the debut of her namesake line, Natalia spent several months in American factories learning about advancements in 3-D manufacturing.
—Soulaima Gourani, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
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The current experimental setup can simultaneously handle 25 tiny particles in 3-D space.
—Alison MacKey, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2018
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So, using a technique called surface profilometry, an imaging technology in which a scientist essentially uses a thin layer of gel to make a mold of the surface to be studied, Gabler-Smith and her team viewed shark skin in 3-D.
—Marina Wang, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
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On the urging of Roman Polanski, Paul Morrissey (the manager of Andy Warhol’s renowned art studio The Factory) decided to make a horror film in 3-D, funded by an Italian producer on the proviso that Morrissey make two of them.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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