exposures

noun

plural of exposure
1
as in orientations
the state or fact of facing a particular direction this plant will need to be in a room with a southern exposure

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2
as in disclosures
the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed the exposure by the local newspaper of a kickback scheme in the public works department

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Recent Examples of exposures Floor-through apartment in a four-story building with northern and southern exposures. — Nora Deligter, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026 As a result, more institutions are now equipped to evaluate digital assets alongside other long-term portfolio exposures. — Peter Mintzberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 The new rule would also allow certain workers to receive higher radiation exposures under specific conditions. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 The Saudi bourse launched its first derivatives, which investors use to hedge exposures or speculate on future stock moves, in 2020, but trading activity never really took off. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Group 1001, which comprises Delaware Life and Clear Spring, has filed a plan with Delaware's Department of Insurance to eliminate all of their exposures to affiliated investments or loans, Reuters has reported. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 To take a good photo, NASA recommends using a camera on a tripod with exposures of at least several seconds. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Replaying Cancer Evolution Human cancer studies are difficult to compare because each person is unique, with a different genome, diet, environment and history of exposures. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The authors looked at death rates from cancers that are tied to radiation exposures, including leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and cancers of the skin, breast, thyroid, prostate and central nervous system. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
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  1. orientations
  2. disclosures
  3. aspects
Noun
  • Gabor filters are then used to analyze texture and edge information at different orientations and scales, helping identify corresponding pixels between the two images.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Keeping up with all the events, orientations, try-outs, practices, conferences, and more doesn’t have to raise your blood pressure.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of orientations
Noun
  • The market is pricing in a beat for Nvidia, so Bank of America argued the real debate is around balance sheet disclosures related to purchase agreements.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal is giving opinion authors the go-ahead to use AI in the writing process without requiring AI disclosures — a move by a top newspaper that feels like an inflection point for the media industry.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of disclosures
Noun
  • This year’s congressional elections in California are a prime example, with two distinct and unusual aspects.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Barnard and other experts emphasized the certainty of the coastal impacts, compared to the less predictable precipitation aspects of Super El Niño events in California.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of aspects

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