How to Use in 3-D in a Sentence

in 3-D

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  • One solution might be to just not see the film in 3-D at all.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • In the immediate term, the project is working on embedding data in 3-D space.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Cafe Reissue is one of several cafés which specialize in 3-D latte art.
    — ELLE, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Interested parties can view the estate’s front gates in 3-D via Sketchfab.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Finding a bunch of stuff in amber is much better than finding the same stuff in rock layers because the amber preserves it in 3-D.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2016
  • So far, 61% of grosses have been for screenings in 3-D, according to Disney.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Or rather in 3-D printing, tulle, Mylar, lace, silicon and organza.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Such employees could be immersed in 3-D training and simulations.
    — Erik Van Vulpen, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • In the metaverse, customers would be able to visit virtual retail outlets and try out products in 3-D and at full scale before buying.
    — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Being with my friends and family ‘in 3-D’ — as opposed to on a flat Zoom screen — flooded me with a visceral sense of gratitude.
    — Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The scene was shot entirely in 3-D, with theatregoers instructed to don their glasses beforehand.
    — Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Each one was crafted using ground-breaking new techniques in 3-D ink layering, 3-D marquetry, and laser etching.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Mural with a portrait of Octavia Butler and her name, composed of dots of various densities in 3-D space.
    — Lynell George, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Jaws will not only be in theaters, but in Imax and in 3-D, so most of us will finally get to watch Steven Spielberg’s classic on a huge screen.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Wu teamed up with Obielodan, an engineering professor with expertise in 3-D printing.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D is finally getting a sequel.
    — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Battery so far has focused on investing in startups that could use 3-D printing technology rather than in 3-D printer makers.
    — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Dunne’s forms—meticulously draped and padded in 3-D—represent a one-man conceptual design renaissance that hasn’t been seen in London for years.
    — Sarah Mower, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Luxury watch replicas have evolved over time due to advancements in tech, which now factor in 3-D printers and CNC machines for more accurate fakes.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This means that a lot of viewers will spend a lot of money to see Fire and Ash in 3-D and then wonder why half the movie is in SoapOperaVision™.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The company has used the Outward acquisition to render its products in 3-D to deploy for partnerships with platforms such as Pinterest.
    — Ann-Marie Alcántara, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2022
  • To toss a cherry on top of their findings, scientists also reconstructed Hallucigenia in 3-D, and reconstructed its walking gait.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2015
  • Inspired by this capability, scientists have developed a fingerlike device that maps an object's internal structures in 3-D by touching its surface.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Mental Canvas is a software program that allows users to make 2-D images in 3-D space, creating images and illustrations that viewers can fly through, steer around and explore.
    — Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
  • There are at least twenty fusion startups now, all benefitting from technological advances in 3-D printing and artificial intelligence.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • With the debut of her namesake line, Natalia spent several months in American factories learning about advancements in 3-D manufacturing.
    — Soulaima Gourani, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The current experimental setup can simultaneously handle 25 tiny particles in 3-D space.
    — Alison MacKey, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2018
  • So, using a technique called surface profilometry, an imaging technology in which a scientist essentially uses a thin layer of gel to make a mold of the surface to be studied, Gabler-Smith and her team viewed shark skin in 3-D.
    — Marina Wang, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
  • On the urging of Roman Polanski, Paul Morrissey (the manager of Andy Warhol’s renowned art studio The Factory) decided to make a horror film in 3-D, funded by an Italian producer on the proviso that Morrissey make two of them.
    — Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025

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