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Recent Examples of clear-eyed Filled with fierce lyric tenderness and clear-eyed commitment to revolutionary aesthetic, Terror Counter devoted to the redemption of the self from a world ready to usurp this resistance. Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025 Sanchez is also clear-eyed about his need to sacrifice. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 June 2025 Her hospital self is closer to her true spirit, with its bottom of mortal fatigue and clear-eyed nihilism. Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025 Seed, who followed her parents’ career paths as a photographer, also discovered a trove of her mother’s own photographs, revealing a distinctive, clear-eyed aesthetic and a nomadic itch. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for clear-eyed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clear-eyed
Adjective
  • If you’re just getting started with rebounding and want something compact and easy to use (that doesn’t cost a small fortune), here’s a smart entry point.
    Jordan Galloway, SELF, 15 July 2025
  • If your primary goal is to maximize workspace while ensuring your computer can grow with your needs, a mini-PC paired with a quality monitor is a smarter, longer-lasting solution.
    Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • As many of our astute commenters guessed, between the peeing on himself and the trouble getting it up, Harry Goldenblatt has prostate cancer.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • An astute and compassionate portrait of sisterhood, flaws and all, the dynamics between the characters are sublime.
    Fran Littlewood June 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • In its pleasantly complicated world-building, the series manages to be a shrewd political thriller, a cracking adventure, and a haunting religious allegory rolled into one.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 3 July 2025
  • Beyond long-running The Lawrence Welk Show, which debuted on ABC on this day in 1955, Welk was a bandleader, an accordion player, and a shrewd businessman synonymous with squeaky-clean (and older-skewing) entertainment.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • The sharper that angle is the faster the Earth orbits, with lunar gravity in this case speeding things up, countering the braking effect that lunar apogee usually applies.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
  • Use sharp, clean hand pruners or a sharp knife to remove the wilting flowers and drop them into a collection container.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 July 2025

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“Clear-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clear-eyed. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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