as in aspects
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded
there are so many facets to Benjamin Franklin: statesman, scientist, inventor, American original
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Recent Examples of facets
For me, personally, there are areas to improve in the run game, pass game, really all facets.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Free to the public — with any order people want to do the crawl in also fine — the stops cover different facets of state and local history.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
There’s an unspeakable political situation, work work work, the constant need of wiping of things, the siren call of a gazillion gaudy facets of the internet.
—Kate Colby
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
South Bend artist Nate Baranowski researched several facets of Catchings' life to design the mural.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Their work together — Selke-worthy, in some respects — was high-end enough in all facets to make up for the Capitals’ lack of a true alpha-dog performer at the top of their forward group.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Like last year’s contest in Amherst — a 45-3 MU victory — Saturday featured the Tigers dominating in most facets.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
The one constant in Holland’s film is an unusual one for a biopic; the traditional approach being that each individual presents different facets of their true selves to different people.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The 15-song new album, produced by Matt Geroux, offers up an array of sounds, all of them reflecting different facets of Ross’s artistry.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Free to the public — with any order people want to do the crawl in also fine — the stops cover different facets of state and local history.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
There’s an unspeakable political situation, work work work, the constant need of wiping of things, the siren call of a gazillion gaudy facets of the internet.
—Kate Colby
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
South Bend artist Nate Baranowski researched several facets of Catchings' life to design the mural.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Their work together — Selke-worthy, in some respects — was high-end enough in all facets to make up for the Capitals’ lack of a true alpha-dog performer at the top of their forward group.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Like last year’s contest in Amherst — a 45-3 MU victory — Saturday featured the Tigers dominating in most facets.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
The one constant in Holland’s film is an unusual one for a biopic; the traditional approach being that each individual presents different facets of their true selves to different people.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The 15-song new album, produced by Matt Geroux, offers up an array of sounds, all of them reflecting different facets of Ross’s artistry.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facets
Noun
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In fact, while vision isn’t their strongest sense, dogs may even be able to see certain aspects of a TV show.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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This division of labor reportedly reduces one of the most physically demanding aspects of solar farm construction.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Most processes scale up gradually through multiple pilot phases before reaching commercial scale.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Coordinating your exhales with the pressing, depressing, pulling and lifting phases of these exercises enhances activation of the scapular stabilizing muscles and reinforces proper rib cage alignment.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Coppola, of course, covers all the angles on this one.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Commanders made the task even more difficult for themselves at times with bad angles.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Facets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facets. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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