bokeh

[ boh-kuh, boh-key ]

noun

1. the blurry quality in the out-of-focus parts of a photograph, regarded as an aesthetic effect rendered by a particular lens or its digital simulation:

   This lens creates beautifully sharp images with delightful bokeh that glows and diffuses into the background.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bokeh¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; from Japanese boke “fuzziness, blurring,” shortening of pinboke “state of being out of focus”

Example Sentences

“Markets will focus on the Fed’s language, especially what they think,” said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners.

From Reuters

"In technology, nobody ever guesses at the beginning who is the loser," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners in Pittsburgh.

From Reuters

"To me these are desperate moves because that's money out the door to try to keep people on Amazon's platform," Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners in Pittsburgh, said regarding the report's suggestion that Amazon is adding new video providers for Prime.

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"That is a softening effect and is this the mythical soft landing? Looks like that," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners.

From Reuters

Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners in Pittsburgh put Thursday's rally down to continued investor interest in the emergence of artificial intelligence as the hottest new technology, more so than the news from Japan.

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