Thesaurus results for LOOKING GLASS

looking glass

noun

as in mirror

a smooth or polished surface that forms images by reflection always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass

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Recent Examples of looking glass Hence, Defendants' desperate need to defame with a partisan spear rather than report with an authentic looking glass. —

Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 Portraying the ghost of Hamlet’s father at the play’s debut, his face and body covered in chalky white paint, his Shakespeare steps through the looking glass and becomes his own tragic player, strutting and fretting his hour upon the stage. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025 The Senate walked through the looking glass over the weekend. —

Medora Lee, USA Today, 2 July 2025 Like Alice through the looking glass, I was ushered ever deeper into its passageways. —

Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for looking glass

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mirror

Noun

The Béis The Cosmetic Case is one of our go-tos, thanks to its roomy design, removable makeup mirror, and makeup brush holder—which can also hold an eyeliner or eyebrow pencil, by the way.

— Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Mar. 2026
The checkpoint ahead crawls forward as officers slide mirrors beneath cars and canines weave through the line, sniffing for explosives.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026