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Recent Examples of gimlet-eyed
The Department of Justice and the Treasury subjected the question of whether the change could be made without congressional action to their gimlet-eyed scrutiny, and turned thumbs-down.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
On cue, investors kept a gimlet-eyed focus on those figures on Wednesday.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
The Last Emperor, Matt Tyrnauer’s gimlet-eyed documentary about the luxurious world of Valentino, the legendary Italian couturier who died this week at age 93, was released in 2008.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Cultural critic Ted Gioia has gained a good deal of attention in recent years with his gimlet-eyed views of contemporary culture.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
On cue, investors kept a gimlet-eyed focus on those figures on Wednesday.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
The Last Emperor, Matt Tyrnauer’s gimlet-eyed documentary about the luxurious world of Valentino, the legendary Italian couturier who died this week at age 93, was released in 2008.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Cultural critic Ted Gioia has gained a good deal of attention in recent years with his gimlet-eyed views of contemporary culture.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimlet-eyed
Adjective
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That moment required sharp-eyed expertise — a scientist looking at an image of a living animal and connecting it, across years and continents, to fossils described by a colleague from teeth found in the ground.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2026
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Some observers are speculating that this customer may be the Virginia company BlackSky, which operates a constellation of sharp-eyed Earth-observation satellites.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For Restrepo—whose work with Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has shaped the economics profession’s understanding of automation for more than a decade—the message is not one of despair, but of clear-eyed reckoning.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The line is more powerful for its sober, clear-eyed directness.—
Aimee Cliff,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Gimlet-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimlet-eyed. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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