1
as in phases
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded
depending on what aspect of college life you consider most important, there are several colleges which might be good for you
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as in looks
the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality
he has the aspect of a man used to giving orders and seeing them obeyed
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as in orientations
the state or fact of facing a particular direction
the harbor's northern aspect means that vessels are often exposed to strong winds
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as in gazes
archaic
a fixed intent look
his aspect was focused on the distant shore
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Recent Examples of aspects
Spain's double totality One of the most fascinating aspects of this eclipse cycle is Spain's unique position.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
Pazanti was generally pleased with several aspects of his team’s performance.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
If those connections can also be mapped successfully, physicists may be able to study some aspects of black holes using methods originally developed for particle collisions.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Schools and universities use Canvas to manage nearly all aspects of instruction.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
What really resonates with me are the creative aspects and tangible insights about brands and businesses.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
That’s one of the other aspects of this story.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
Those aspects all pointed to India’s Valley of Flowers as the overall Asia winner.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Most aspects of that suit were settled earlier this year.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
Pazanti was generally pleased with several aspects of his team’s performance.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
If those connections can also be mapped successfully, physicists may be able to study some aspects of black holes using methods originally developed for particle collisions.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Schools and universities use Canvas to manage nearly all aspects of instruction.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
What really resonates with me are the creative aspects and tangible insights about brands and businesses.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
That’s one of the other aspects of this story.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
Those aspects all pointed to India’s Valley of Flowers as the overall Asia winner.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Most aspects of that suit were settled earlier this year.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aspects
Noun
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Final plans for the second and third phases would need to be approved by the city before they could be built, city staff said at the committee meeting in late April.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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The transition was initially supposed to happen in phases.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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Standing next to my thirteen-year-old brother, Andreas, who did inherit our mother’s good looks, only seemed to amplify my ugliness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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My cocktail, Jesus Can’t Hit a Curveball, was decidedly undramatic in the looks department, but its combination of gin, ginger, celery and serrano peppers was phenomenally vegetal and refreshing.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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In such environments, gravitational encounters can pair black holes together or disturb existing pairs, leading to the mixed spin orientations and more complex motion seen in the data.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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By changing the orientations of the bars perpendicular to the waveguide, the team has been able to make the cantilevers curl into helixes.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Apr. 2026
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Everyone’s soft gazes soon hardened as the magnificent baby with so many rolls and love handles proved to be all unsightly flab.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Their gazes famously met for the first time on the Croisette in 1955, and from that moment on, nothing was the same.—
Francesca Pellegrini,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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If this were an American show, the gears would already be grinding, camera angles snapping into place, and the story would be halfway to becoming gospel before anyone had time to blink.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
7 May 2026
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Stand-in actors take the place of the principal actor as the crew adjusts camera angles and lighting setups.—
Brayden Garcia
May 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
Noun
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In the centuries since colonists waged war against the crown, American’s attitudes toward the royals have shifted from hatred to adoration.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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More homework was also associated with negative attitudes about school for younger children in the study.—
Ariel Gilreath,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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In one scene from the film’s original script, the King of Pop stares at his reflection in the mirror, capturing his sorrowful gaze as police car lights flash behind him.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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Musgraves and Hannah Lux Davis co-directed the song’s cheeky video, which is set in a grocery store and is ripe with fruit-touching and wistful stares.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, on Facebook, posting behavior is correlated on both sides of the partisan divide and has more to do with how active the most partisan users are, prompting casual users to disengage so that those louder voices dominate, making the platform narrower and more ideologically extreme.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2026
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Both sides hired a sprawling team of lawyers for the litigation, with legal expenses likely in the tens of millions of dollars.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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“Aspects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aspects. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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