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Recent Examples of cataract In addition, a higher percentage of early-onset cataracts as a result of space radiation exposure have been reported by astronauts. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025 The formation of cataracts is a natural part of aging. Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025 Doctors will check a person’s vision and also check for glaucoma, cataracts and signs of other health conditions such as diabetes. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 Non-prescription colored contact lenses often lack the necessary sterility and proper fit, according to Ashley Brissette, MD, MSC, an ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon based in New York. Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cataract
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Noun
  • Days can be spent visiting Buddhist temples, swimming beneath waterfalls, and hopping on boats to snorkel around colorful coral reefs.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Non-critical systems, like a massive pool waterfall, were shut down.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Rescinding congestion pricing’s approval now would potentially violate the Administrative Procedure Act and certainly invite a flood of legal challenges.
    Betsy Plum, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But Storey’s post struck a chord, garnering more than 22 million views and a flood of comments.
    Kristen Mascia, Parents, 4 Mar. 2025
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  • The nuclear watchdog also verified that Iran had increased the number of operating cascades of IR-2m centrifuges by 12 to a total of 27 at its underground nuclear plant in Natanz.
    Stephanie Liechtenstein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
  • If a mutation is found, then relatives can be tested, in a process called cascade testing.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • Tensions were heightened between Russia and Washington during Joe Biden’s four-year tenure at the White House, as Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted a torrent of U.S.-led international sanctions on Moscow’s elite and economy and pitted Russia and its allies against the West.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
  • These exchanges made plain one of the challenges of running a superhero studio: Even the possibility of a new movie or a TV show featuring one of these characters — as a development projects that may never come to pass for a host of reasons — is enough to unleash a torrent of headlines.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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