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as in blinded
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as in myopic
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Fox News and similar corners of the internet were ablaze with myopic insistences that any inclusion of, or even nod to, this rather essential, commonplace, and well-known part of the Superman backstory made the new movie, somehow, another piece of woke Hollywood nonsense.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
8 July 2025 -
Inventory skimping and myopic procurement chases off target customers, frustrates suppliers and diminishes competitive position.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Yes, subjectivity reigns here, but numbers like these should indicate how measuring happiness levels with things like income alone is shortsighted.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
1 July 2025
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Simply put, letting these credits lapse is fiscally shortsighted and economically reckless.—
Brewster Bevis,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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And people with at least four hours of daily screen time were twice as likely to be nearsighted than individuals with less screen time.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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And once people became nearsighted, screen time was tied to 54 percent higher odds that their myopia would get worse.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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These tiny fossorial ophidians — though not the tiniest (that title belongs to this 4-inch snake from Barbados) — are nearly sightless.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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By hooking up the brains of blind rats to compasses, scientists in Japan found the sightless rodents could navigate a maze nearly as well as normally sighted rats.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Apr. 2015
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“Purblind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purblind. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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