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Recent Examples of contact lens
French beauty group L'Oreal, British vacuum manufacturer Dyson and contact lens maker Bausch + Lomb also have filed lawsuits, in addition to retailers such as Costco and J. Crew.
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Mike Scarcella, Reuters, 27 Feb. 2026
Worth Noting: The gentle formula is suitable for the entire eye area, including the eyelids, and is safe for contact lens wearers.
—Tracy Perez Han, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
The system's primary wearable component is an incredibly thin, flexible layer of clear, skin-safe PDMS plastic, worn on your eyeball like a contact lens.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026
The thin, flexible material, similar to a contact lens, can be placed directly on the heart during surgery.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
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Mike Scarcella, Reuters, 27 Feb. 2026
Worth Noting: The gentle formula is suitable for the entire eye area, including the eyelids, and is safe for contact lens wearers.
—Tracy Perez Han, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
The system's primary wearable component is an incredibly thin, flexible layer of clear, skin-safe PDMS plastic, worn on your eyeball like a contact lens.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026
The thin, flexible material, similar to a contact lens, can be placed directly on the heart during surgery.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contact lens
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During the Great Migration in Tanzania’s famous Serengeti, wildebeest attempt a river crossing in one of nature’s most dramatic spectacles, but just a few dozen feet away, a bona fide traffic jam of safari vehicles crowds the riverbanks like paparazzi at a premiere.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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But as production costs rose and financing grew more risk-averse, those ambitious historical spectacles gradually disappeared from the big screen, replaced by smaller auteur dramas, comedies and internationally portable genre films.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Handy amenities include toothbrushes, (glass) bottled sparkling and still water, and built-in worldwide plug adapters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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The actors were greeted by the exhibition’s curator, Robin McClellan, who led them to Mozart’s childhood violin, encased in glass.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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“Contact lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contact%20lens. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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