soft focus
Americannoun
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Origin of soft focus
First recorded in 1915–20
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She says her clients often describe brain fog as feeling like they are "living life in soft focus".
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
A tender city romance about about gentrification and Black melancholy, “Love, Brooklyn” brings together appealing actors and the charms of New York’s ever-changing borough into soft focus.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
Popular ideas about preschool usually involve a soft focus on cuddly kids, not the stuff of tough public policy or hard numbers.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
A comprehensive visual aesthetic heavy on VHS fuzz, Polaroid soft focus and subversive holy imagery helped pique curiosity.
From New York Times • May 11, 2022
That is, one part of the picture is made with a soft focus lens and one with an anastigmatic.
From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America
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