as in eye
the ability to see
the keen eyesight of a bird of prey
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Recent Examples of eyesight
The doctor there suggested immediate cataract surgery and said that overexposure to solar radiation had likely contributed to her deteriorating eyesight.
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Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Infrasound refers to sound waves far below the range of human hearing, similar to how the infrared range of light is far below the threshold of human eyesight.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
The dowdy and shy Ursula is diabetic and has lost her eyesight in one eye.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
Due to the irreversible damage to his eyesight, the 94-year-old no longer attends performances in person.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 11 May 2025
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Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Infrasound refers to sound waves far below the range of human hearing, similar to how the infrared range of light is far below the threshold of human eyesight.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
The dowdy and shy Ursula is diabetic and has lost her eyesight in one eye.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
Due to the irreversible damage to his eyesight, the 94-year-old no longer attends performances in person.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyesight
Noun
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Simmons is also intentional about keeping Ava out of the public eye and always from public scrutiny.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 June 2025
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Sporting a bushy salt-and-pepper beard and a world-weary look in his eyes, Pearce finds dimensions both tragic and devious in what could have been merely the stock character of the wily long-term inmate whose isolation has cost him his humanity.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Ultimately, much may depend on their vision for Nwaneri’s and Dowman’s ultimate positions — and the outcome of he former’s contract negotiations.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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There’s also a haunted room, one which our hero is forbidden to enter and that eventually offers Teen Chuck (Jacob Tremblay) a vision of things to come.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The remainder of the flock flew out up the canyon and were soon lost from sight.—
Percy Brown,
Outdoor Life,
12 June 2025
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At the start of that year, Moscow seized the Ukrainian stronghold of Avdiivka, then setting its sights on the Donetsk cities of Pokrovsk and Toretsk and slowing inching westward.—
Ellie Cook
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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“Eyesight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyesight. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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