How to Use optics in a Sentence

optics

plural noun

• And the last thing the Mets need in year two of the Cohen era is more bad optics.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• The optics were not a good look for the older white co-host.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• The event was a huge success not just for the racing, but for the optics.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• But Love convinces Theo that the optics-wise thing to do is go and promises to go with him.
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
• The optics aren’t great, but the park promises that its water is filtered and reused.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
• The agency even went so far as to keep the optics cleaner than needed while on Earth.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 June 2022
• Schroeder said that while there was nothing wrong with the way the alternate was picked, the optics looked bad.
  — Amy Forliti, Gene Johnson and Todd Richmond, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2021
• The optics of finishing fourth or fifth in the conference aren’t good.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
• But in terms of broader messaging, the optics don’t look good.
  — Tom Fairless, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
• The optics could not have been worse for a Games — and a host — trying desperately to put on their best face.
  — David Wharton, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
• Not only are the optics great, but the company has one of the best warranty policies in the game.
  — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022
• So far, the men who have underwritten these flights seem aware of these optics.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
• The Flip is using digital zoom while the Fold and the S22+ are relying on their optics.
  — PCMAG, 11 Aug. 2022
• Even if Compass had prevailed, the optics of the row was terrible.
  — Gian M. Volpicelli, Wired, 3 Aug. 2022
• Even journalists took issue with the optics of the Bidens’ visit.
  — Jessica Chasmar, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2021
• For Beijing, the optics of the meeting is at least as important as its content.
  — Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN, 17 Nov. 2021
• Questions about the optics of Rittenhouse’s case date to the moments after the shootings.
  — Amy Forliti, Gene Johnson and Todd Richmond, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2021
• Both sides are trying to manage it the best way possible -- no matter the optics.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2022
• In the meantime the optics are Mad Max, like apocalyptic war games played out on a vast stage ringed by distant hills.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2021
• Lore is cognizant of the optics that can come from attaching his name – and value system – to a city starting from the ground up.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
• Part of the losses on Tuesday were also triggered by bad optics.
  — Peniel E. Joseph, CNN, 6 Nov. 2021
• Adding to the confusion and strange optics, Smith remained in the theater and then took the stage a short time later to accept the best actor award for his work in King Richard.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2022
• But as Babis vies for reelection this week, the optics are horrendous.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
• Biden is keen to save face by carefully choreographing the optics.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 13 July 2022
• In 1976, a young French expert in optics, Alain Aspect, proposed a way for doing this ultra-speedy switch.
  — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022
• Kosar said that lawmakers on both sides of the issue cater to the political optics of earmarks.
  — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2022
• Nobody who watched his body's two cries for help could deny that the optics were highly concerning.
  — Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
• Indeed, the optics are so bad that the Board of Supervisors has been flooded with calls and emails from angry constituents.
  — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
• The basic idea was to always be with Lucas, near him, with optics always closer to wide angles.
  — Emiliano Granada, Variety, 21 Oct. 2021
• Ekundayo is cognizant of these optics — and said the winery is working toward human rights goals, not against them.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024