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eyesight

noun

ˈī-ˌsīt

Definition of eyesight

as in eye

the ability to see the keen eyesight of a bird of prey

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Recent Examples of eyesight Having heavy vehicles frequently drive over your driveway can wear down the material and erode the surface, leaving behind a less-than-pleasing eyesight. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2026 While many species navigate by emitting high-frequency sounds and listening for the echoes, some fruit bats rely primarily on their eyesight and sense of smell to find food. — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2026 Molly Burke, for example, has spoken about turning to creators after losing much of her eyesight, then creating content that offers others camaraderie and even belonging. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 The actor wore contact lenses while portraying Eumaeus, which impaired his eyesight. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for eyesight

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Its exterior is rich with symbolism, from stone carvings representing the all-seeing eye of God to a golden statue, atop the highest spire, of an angel blowing a trumpet to herald the Second Coming.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Unlike the heavy smoky eyes and cut creases of the 2010s, this trend is throwing it back to the 1990s when smoky eyes were more minimalist.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026

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Roman will also detect exoplanets using the tried-and-true transit method, but scientists expect the new telescope to find a lot more than past space missions have, thanks to its wider vision.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
The immigrant entrepreneurs often offered their families and young customers an idealized vision of American life.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

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The sight had activated an ancient and superstitious circuit in my brain that insisted the sun simply shouldn't look this way.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
But weeks after the largest IPO in history, Musk talked more about the moon during SpaceX’s first earnings call, which investors say is a strategic threshold that will likely be crossed before SpaceX can fully set its sights on Mars.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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