as in watchful
having unusually keen vision
a very sharp-eyed child found the last Easter egg, which was hidden in the flower arrangement
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Recent Examples of sharp-eyed
On July 15, one sharp-eyed poster, @boners, noticed that Apple TV+ seems to have an unusual affection for a particular letter of the alphabet.
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 July 2025
But a few sharp-eyed fans watching the sequence, which featured Elisabeth Moss‘ June and her fellow handmaids on the warpath to destroy Gilead, thought Swift had even more influence on the scene.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 May 2025
By June, Profar’s hot start was eliciting high praise from sharp-eyed Merv Rettenmund, who’d gone to seven World Series as an outfielder or hitting coach.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
In this new struggle, as sharp-eyed militants understood, firmness of tread counted a great deal more than radicalism of demand.
—Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 July 2025
But a few sharp-eyed fans watching the sequence, which featured Elisabeth Moss‘ June and her fellow handmaids on the warpath to destroy Gilead, thought Swift had even more influence on the scene.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 May 2025
By June, Profar’s hot start was eliciting high praise from sharp-eyed Merv Rettenmund, who’d gone to seven World Series as an outfielder or hitting coach.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
In this new struggle, as sharp-eyed militants understood, firmness of tread counted a great deal more than radicalism of demand.
—Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharp-eyed
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Caption with Intention has been a project in the pipeline since 2019 under the watchful eye of Bruno Mazzotti, an Executive Creative Director at FCB Chicago who, having grown up in Brazil with two deaf parents, identifies as a real-life CODA as in the 2022 Oscar-winning film of the same title.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Nine other members of the American team are there, under the watchful eye of Bradley and his vice-captains.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Following the teaser trailer for Emerald Fennell’s very steamy Wuthering Heights, eagle-eyed fans remarked on the (somewhat inaccurate) historical dress, which ranged from Oktoberfest dirndl-core to Vivienne Westwood-esque wedding gowns.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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The mass of beachgoers and eagle-eyed lifeguards are now gone from the Cape, but white shark season is only starting to peak.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Cryer is similarly observant toward Sheen’s extended public meltdown, an early inflection point in the social media era in which onlookers got an exhilarating blow-by-blow of one man’s downward spiral.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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They’re perfectly matched — Julian is the quiet, observant one while Fleur is chatty, outgoing and ambitious.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sharp-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharp-eyed. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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