: clear-sighted
a clear-eyed assessment

Examples of clear-eyed in a Sentence

shows a clear-eyed understanding of what it takes to be successful in business
Recent Examples on the Web But other numbers — data from study after study — give a more clear-eyed view of Americans’ drinking lives and the ripple effects. Isabella Cueto and J. Emory Parker, STAT, 27 June 2024 Indeed, The Journal has been clear-eyed about the matter since Gershkovich was detained by Russian authorities 15 months ago while gathering reporting in the city of Yekaterinburg. Oliver Darcy, CNN, 26 June 2024 As the conference began, regulators were clear-eyed that taxpayers could be saddled with the cost of plugging orphan wells. Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 24 June 2024 His story about the difficulties and rewards of honing one’s craft—and his clear-eyed understanding of how family and friends can both undermine and support that determination—seems to well up organically from his own like-minded ideals. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for clear-eyed 

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Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of clear-eyed was in 1530

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“Clear-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clear-eyed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.

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